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   Message 133,211 of 134,474   
   Rob H to Mike Easter   
   Re: Desktop sessions at login   
   15 Feb 23 17:03:17   
   
   From: rob@despammer.com   
      
   On 15/02/2023 15:41, Mike Easter wrote:   
   > Rob H wrote:   
   >> I  did remove Plasma with   
   >> sudo apt remove plasma-desktop --autoremove   
   >>   
   >> but it still is in the listing:   
   >>   
   >> Plasma(X11)   
   >> Ubuntu on Xorg   
   >> Ubuntu   
   >> Ubuntu on (Wayland)   
   >> Ubuntu(Wayland)   
   >   
   > Our earlier 'fixing' discussions involved etc/gdm/custom.conf   
   >   
   > A 'normal' Plasma install on a current KDE Ub such as for KDE neon or   
   > Kubuntu doesn't even use a gdm dir at all because gdm is 'gnome display   
   > manager'. Gnome is NOT KDE.   
   >   
   > KDE uses SDDM for simple desktop display manager, but it doesn't   
   > 'reconfigure' between xorg and wayland the same way as I described in a   
   > different sub-thread.   
   >   
   > I mention all that not by way of an 'answer', but by way of saying that   
   > when you introduce an entirely new/different desktop environment, a LOT   
   > of things are done differently.   
   >   
      
   Actually it was /etc/gdm3/custom.conf, but I know what you meant   
      
   It doesn't seem to make any difference what I enable or disable in the   
   said file, there is no difference to the login page nor the window   
   system using Wayland. If it is selected in the drop down list that is   
   what I get.   
      
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