From: jack@handsome.com   
      
   On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 07:00:54 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   >>   
   > And now that I'm back in lightdm, the XFCE Login settings is available   
   > as it was before, with the control at the bottom of Users and so on. The   
   > settings on it were not changed, and as soon as lightdm picked up again,   
   > it used the settings as they were before.   
   >   
      
      
   OK I've done all that and it seems to work for the moment. I note your   
   comments about LightDM maybe not working reliably with Onboard, so I'll   
   keep an eye on that and maybe switch back to SDDM if it crashes. The   
   people who wrote the modified kernel (or whatever) for getting OSK working   
   on LM must have had a reason for changing the display manager, and maybe   
   that's it.   
      
   I had no idea that LightDM was what managed the login process (why call it   
   a 'display manager' when it's actually a login manager?). Nor that there   
   were alternatives, so it's all new to me even though I've been using LM   
   for 2.5 years.   
      
   Stuff like that, though fascinating for computer nerds, is very confusing   
   for people who just want the things to work and don't have the patience to   
   fiddle - like my wife, for whom this machine is really intended, to   
   replace her Windows 7 laptop.   
      
   Many thanks to you and others for helping.   
      
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