From: chris@mshome.net   
      
   On 03/05/2023 23:47, Sylvain Robitaille wrote:   
   > On 2023-05-03, Chris Elvidge wrote:   
   >   
   >> For me, the major problem with xdm (on a single user machine) is the   
   >> lack of autologin.   
   >   
   > sddm.conf on the stock sddm installation from Slackware-15.0:   
   >   
   >     [Autologin]   
   >     # Whether sddm should automatically log back into sessions when they exit   
   >     Relogin=false   
   >   
   >     # Name of session file for autologin session (if empty try last logged   
   in)   
   >     Session=   
   >   
   >     # Username for autologin session   
   >     User=   
   >   
   > Maybe that helps?   
   >   
   >> I force installed sddm from the kde section of the slackware install dvd   
   >> after the conversation up thread and still got a blank screen, albeit   
   >> with a pointer, so removed it again.   
   >   
   > odd ...   
   >   
   >> I've also tried slim (from SBo, self-compiled) but for some reason it   
   >> greys out reboot and shutdown buttons on the menu and panel. Even   
   >> changing the shutdown and reboot options in slim.conf didn't make it   
   >> work. Disabled after 3 tries.   
   >   
   > Needs elevated privilege, in order to run reboot or shutdown, perhaps?   
   >   
   > Perhaps some insight into that exists in the documentation (I'm not   
   > finding anything from an admittedly *quick* search ...)   
   >   
      
   I've now got sddm to work.   
      
   I uninstalled sddm and then did a thorough check for anything sddm   
   related (by filename) and deleted it/them. And rebooted.   
      
   Installed sddm (from DVD) and immediately changed sddm.conf to include   
   Session=xfce (as only xfce is installed, no KDE), and User=chris   
   Rebooted and it worked, straight to xfce session.   
      
   I wonder whether the Session= line in sddm.conf makes a difference. As   
   sddm is part of KDE, is a blank Session= actually trying to find KDE by   
   default? And failing unless it is told to start xfce.   
      
   Now I've got it working I'm loath to test further.   
      
   Shutdown and Reboot are not greyed out, either.   
      
      
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