On 4/7/23 11:06, Spackman, Chris wrote:
On 2023/04/06 at 06:53pm, [email protected] wrote:
I'm starting X server via "slim" (XFCE4). When I enter a wrong
password the slim will not restart, it gives me black screen. Trying
to restart "xdm" over ssh does not help, I need to reboot the
computer.
Have you tried restarting the 'display-manager' service instead? IIRC,
it replaced xdm.
You are correct, I'm suing "display-manager" not xdm. So I was restarting the
wrong one :-/ that is why it didn't work. One of those days.
And to login it uses "lightdm"
Thank you for the pointer.