On Fri, 2018-10-05 at 06:41 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 10/5/18 6:14 AM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > On 10/4/18 3:04 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> > > On 10/04/18 17:52, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > A DM presents a graphical login screen, handles user logins, and allows
> > > > you to select which D
On 10/04/2018 04:04 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 10/04/18 17:52, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
A DM presents a graphical login screen, handles user logins, and allows
you to select which DE you want to run at login time. Many people find
that useful, but if you don't then that's up to you.
poc
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On 10/5/18 6:14 AM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 10/4/18 3:04 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> On 10/04/18 17:52, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> A DM presents a graphical login screen, handles user logins, and allows
>>> you to select which DE you want to run at login time. Many people find
>>> that useful, b
On Thu, 2018-10-04 at 18:04 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 10/04/18 17:52, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > A DM presents a graphical login screen, handles user logins, and allows
> > you to select which DE you want to run at login time. Many people find
> > that useful, but if you don't then that's
On 10/4/18 3:04 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 10/04/18 17:52, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> A DM presents a graphical login screen, handles user logins, and allows
>> you to select which DE you want to run at login time. Many people find
>> that useful, but if you don't then that's up to you.
>>
>> p
On 10/04/18 17:52, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
A DM presents a graphical login screen, handles user logins, and allows
you to select which DE you want to run at login time. Many people find
that useful, but if you don't then that's up to you.
poc
.
A good explanation, I can't find that with Goog
On Thu, 2018-10-04 at 17:09 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 10/04/18 16:43, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > > Yes, I generally prefer to use "startxfce4."
> >
> > If you're using startxfce4 from a CLI, you wouldn't need to have a DM
> > running.
> > __
>
> .
> Ok, then that's the part I did not understan
On 10/04/18 16:43, Joe Zeff wrote:
Yes, I generally prefer to use "startxfce4."
If you're using startxfce4 from a CLI, you wouldn't need to have a DM
running.
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Ok, then that's the part I did not understand. If that's all a dm does
it's a useless feature in my compters. Or am I missi
Bob Goodwin-Fastmail wrote:
> On 10/04/18 15:47, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> .
>> Yes, I generally prefer to use "startxfce4."
> .
> And when I do "systemctl set-default multi-user.target" it disables
> lightdm which is why I am seeing no dm? It gets loaded but the status
> hows "inactive: dead."
You'r
On 10/04/2018 01:47 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
Yes, I generally prefer to use "startxfce4."
If you're using startxfce4 from a CLI, you wouldn't need to have a DM
running.
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On 10/04/18 15:47, Bob Goodwin wrote:
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Yes, I generally prefer to use "startxfce4."
.
And when I do "systemctl set-default multi-user.target" it disables
lightdm which is why I am seeing no dm? It gets loaded but the status
hows "inactive: dead."
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On 10/04/18 13:59, Rick Stevens wrote:
Uh, it should be "systemctl status lightdm" (typo in your command?). If
you get a "not found" error, it's because that display manager isn't
installed. From my F26 system:
.
Yes, I generally prefer to use "startxfce4."
Sorry about the misspelling and here
On 10/4/18 10:32 AM, Bob Goodwin-Fastmail wrote:
> On 10/04/18 12:28, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> Try "systemctl status display-manager"
> .
> The Fedora 28 computer:
> [bobg@box83 ~]$ systemctl status display-manager
> ● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/g
On 10/04/18 12:28, Rick Stevens wrote:
Try "systemctl status display-manager"
.
The Fedora 28 computer:
[bobg@box83 ~]$ systemctl status display-manager
● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled; vendor
preset: disabled)
Active: in
On 10/3/18 11:40 AM, Bob Goodwin-Fastmail wrote:
> On 10/03/18 14:00, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> Assuming you're starting the GUI from systemd startup, you can find
>> which is used by default by doing something like:
>>
>> [root@prophead ~]# ls -l /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
>>
On 10/03/18 14:00, Rick Stevens wrote:
Assuming you're starting the GUI from systemd startup, you can find
which is used by default by doing something like:
[root@prophead ~]# ls -l /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 39 Oct 17 2016
/etc/systemd/s
On 10/03/2018 11:37 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
What desktop did the Fedora Xfce Spin come with?
Xfce4, of course. And, the default DM for that is lightdm.
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On 10/3/18 11:00 AM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 10/3/18 10:37 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> .
>> Two questions, my googling has not provided satisfactory answers for the
>> first one.
>>
>> How do I show what desktop manager is running?
>
> AFAIK, there's no really clear way. You can "ps ax | grep dm |
On 10/3/18 10:37 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> .
> Two questions, my googling has not provided satisfactory answers for the
> first one.
>
> How do I show what desktop manager is running?
AFAIK, there's no really clear way. You can "ps ax | grep dm | grep
sess" and sort it out that way:
[rick
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Two questions, my googling has not provided satisfactory answers for the
first one.
How do I show what desktop manager is running?
What desktop did the Fedora Xfce Spin come with?
Bob
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