Fwd: Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first reboot, cannot recover graphical login

2016-04-07 Thread Tom Browder
I just realized I didn't post my reply to the list. -Tom -- Forwarded message -- From: *Tom Browder* <tom.brow...@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Subject: Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first reboot, cannot recover graphical login To: aria

Re: Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first reboot, cannot recover graphical login

2016-04-05 Thread arian
> # systemctl status lightdm.service > * lightdm.service - Light Display Manager > [...] please retrieve the actual logs from # journalctl -u lightdm signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Debian 8 fresh install, lost MATE desktop (lightdm) after first reboot, cannot recover graphical login

2016-04-05 Thread Tom Browder
Yesterday, after a week with my new Debian 8 desktop running Mate, I did an "aptitude update" and somehow upgraded "fglrx-control" among other things (I have no idea if that was the genesis of my problem, but later I found some nvidia packages installed wile I have an Intel graphics device). I