Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

2020-03-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/25/2020 01:19 PM, Christopher Marlow wrote: [chris@localhost ~]$ sudo systemctl enable lightdm [sudo] password for chris: Failed to enable unit: File /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service already exists and is a symlink to /usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service. [chris@localhost ~]$ If

Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

2020-03-25 Thread Christopher Marlow
On Wed, 2020-03-25 at 15:47 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote: > On 20-03-25 14:42:25, Richard Shaw wrote: > ... > > > # systemctl enable lightdm > > systemctl --force enable lightdm > > -- > > [chris@localhost ~]$ systemctl --forc

Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

2020-03-25 Thread Tony Nelson
On 20-03-25 14:42:25, Richard Shaw wrote: ... # systemctl enable lightdm systemctl --force enable lightdm -- TonyN.:' '

Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

2020-03-25 Thread Christopher Marlow
On Wed, 2020-03-25 at 13:42 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:53 PM Christopher Marlow < > fed...@cwm030.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-03-25 at 10:51 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > > > What does this show for you? > > > > > > $ systemctl cat display-manager.service > > > > [ch

Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

2020-03-25 Thread Richard Shaw
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:53 PM Christopher Marlow wrote: > On Wed, 2020-03-25 at 10:51 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > > What does this show for you? > > > > $ systemctl cat display-manager.service > > [chris@localhost ~]$ systemctl cat display-manager.service > ... > [Service] > ExecStart=/usr/s

Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

2020-03-25 Thread Christopher Marlow
On Wed, 2020-03-25 at 10:51 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > What does this show for you? > > $ systemctl cat display-manager.service > # /usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service > [Unit] > Description=GNOME Display Manager > > # replaces the getty > Conflicts=getty@tty1.service > After=getty@tty1.servic

Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

2020-03-25 Thread Richard Shaw
What does this show for you? $ systemctl cat display-manager.service # /usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service [Unit] Description=GNOME Display Manager # replaces the getty Conflicts=getty@tty1.service After=getty@tty1.service # replaces plymouth-quit since it quits plymouth on its own Conflicts=ply

Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

2020-03-25 Thread Christopher Marlow
On Wed, 2020-03-25 at 07:40 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > Did you do anything manually, like setting up service files or > manually creating symbolic links in /etc/systemd/system? If so, that > would override what's in /usr/lib/systemd/system. > > Thanks, > Richard > ___

Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

2020-03-25 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:59 PM Christopher Marlow wrote: > On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 19:38 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > On 3/24/20 4:42 PM, Christopher Marlow wrote: > > > On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 17:14 -0500, Christopher Marlow wrote: > > > > One last thing... What is the command to remove Mate if I

Re: Installing another DE. ( solved kinda)

2020-03-24 Thread Christopher Marlow
On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 19:38 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 3/24/20 4:42 PM, Christopher Marlow wrote: > > On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 17:14 -0500, Christopher Marlow wrote: > > > One last thing... What is the command to remove Mate if I ever > > > decide > > > that its not for me? > > That is a more dif