fsmithred wrote on 12.06.2015 14:40: > > Not the OP here, and not exactly what you're asking, but here's what I did > yesterday: > > Installed devuan-alpha2-amd64 netinstall iso in virtualbox. At tasksel, I > un-checked Print Server and Devuan Desktop Environment, and I checked > XFCE. All seemed to be working well after install. > > > dpkg -l | grep systemd > ii libpam-systemd:amd64 215-17+deb8u1 > amd64 system and service manager - PAM module > ii libsystemd0:amd64 215-17+deb8u1 > amd64 systemd utility library > ii systemd 215-17+deb8u1 > amd64 system and service manager > ii systemd-shim 9-1 > amd64 shim for systemd > > > 'aptitude why' pointed to task-xfce-desktop as the reason for systemd > packages, so I attempted to remove that. > > 'apt-get -s remove task-xfce-desktop libpam-systemd systemd' gave me a > long list of packages that were no longer needed and were set to > autoremove. (See below for the full list.) So I apt-get installed that > list of packages and then I could remove systemd, systemd-shim and > libpam-systemd without losing my whole desktop environment. > > After that, shutdown and reboot buttons stopped working in xfce and > lightdm. Only logout from the desktop worked, bringing me to the login screen. > > Then I added back systemd, systemd-shim and libpam-systemd. Desktop > buttons are no longer gray, but shutdown and reboot only bring me to the > lightdm login screen. Power button choices in lightdm are all grayed out. > That's not what I expected, and I don't know what's different from the > original install. If I get a chance to do it again, I can make full > packages lists before and after to see if something else got removed but > not reinstalled.
The following might help (no guarantees, it's from the top of my head - don't have my notes at hand right now): - Make sure you're using sysvinit-core as init system, and slim or lightdm as your display manager. - Purge everything *systemd*! However, you may want to keep libsystemd0, in case you want to use gvfs, cups, pulse or anything else that (still) depends on it. - Install: policykit-1, consolekit, libpam-ck-connector, upower - A reboot at this point should be in order, not sure if it's exactly necessary. HTH, Regards, Urban _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
