From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca   
      
   On Sat, 21 Aug 2021 19:46:56 +0200, Aragorn wrote:   
      
   > On 21.08.2021 at 15:57, Lew Pitcher scribbled:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:34:15 +0000, root wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > I don't want to see the intrusive elogind display   
   >> > that comes after the login prompt but before   
   >> > I can log in. I tried chmoding -x the entry   
   >> > in /etc/rc.d but that didn't kill the daemon.   
   >> >   
   >> > I know this is needed by Gnome, which I thought   
   >>   
   >> To quote the Gentoo wiki...   
   >>   "elogind is the systemd project's logind,   
   >>   extracted to a standalone package. It's   
   >>   designed for users who prefer a non-systemd   
   >>   init system, but still want to use popular   
   >>   software such as KDE/Wayland or GNOME that   
   >>   otherwise hard-depends on systemd."   
   >>   
   >> I think the key phrase here is "to use popular   
   >>   software such as KDE/Wayland ... that   
   >>   otherwise hard-depends on systemd."   
   >>   
   >> Apparently, if you want KDE, you must have   
   >> elogind.   
   >   
   > No, only if you want KDE Plasma running on top of Wayland instead of   
   > on top of X.org.   
      
   OK. Good to know.   
      
   So, I wonder why Pat included elogind.   
      
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