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Startup cannot directly login/get into Xfce desktop env.

On doing many uninstallations, the start now cannot directly login/get into Xfce desktop environment as it was, but stuck in password prompt and if fulfilled then in the Bash, what'd be have package gone that's needed to fix it back and perform the direct login getting into   DE ?
Please guide, give clue, thanks

Re: Startup cannot directly login/get into Xfce desktop env.

Reply #1
Your account needs to be a member of 'autologin' group and set in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf as value to 'autologin-user'.

Re: Startup cannot directly login/get into Xfce desktop env.

Reply #2
Now did
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# groupadd -r autologin
# usermod -a -G autologin $USER

and edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
under [Seat *]
autologin-user=mardiyah

and after install
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lightdm-openrc
lightdm-gtk-greeter

it managed to get in display manager greeter, prompting a user to login
but if fulfilled it cannot get into DE, instead it'd get back to greeter

 please help give clue



Re: Startup cannot directly login/get into Xfce desktop env.

Reply #4
OK actual $USER :
budi

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# General configuration
#
# start-default-seat = True to always start one seat if none are defined in the configuration
# greeter-user = User to run greeter as
# minimum-display-number = Minimum display number to use for X servers
# minimum-vt = First VT to run displays on
# lock-memory = True to prevent memory from being paged to disk
# user-authority-in-system-dir = True if session authority should be in the system location
# guest-account-script = Script to be run to setup guest account
# logind-check-graphical = True to on start seats that are marked as graphical by logind
# log-directory = Directory to log information to
# run-directory = Directory to put running state in
# cache-directory = Directory to cache to
# sessions-directory = Directory to find sessions
# remote-sessions-directory = Directory to find remote sessions
# greeters-directory = Directory to find greeters
# backup-logs = True to move add a .old suffix to old log files when opening new ones
# dbus-service = True if LightDM provides a D-Bus service to control it
#
[LightDM]
#start-default-seat=true
#greeter-user=lightdm
#minimum-display-number=0
#minimum-vt=7 # Setting this to a value < 7 implies security issues, see FS#46799
#lock-memory=true
#user-authority-in-system-dir=false
#guest-account-script=guest-account
#logind-check-graphical=true
#log-directory=/var/log/lightdm
run-directory=/run/lightdm
#cache-directory=/var/cache/lightdm
#sessions-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/sessions:/usr/share/xsessions:/usr/share/wayland-sessions
#remote-sessions-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/remote-sessions
#greeters-directory=$XDG_DATA_DIRS/lightdm/greeters:$XDG_DATA_DIRS/xgreeters
#backup-logs=true
#dbus-service=true

#
# Seat configuration
#
# Seat configuration is matched against the seat name glob in the section, for example:
# [Seat:*] matches all seats and is applied first.
# [Seat:seat0] matches the seat named "seat0".
# [Seat:seat-thin-client*] matches all seats that have names that start with "seat-thin-client".
#
# type = Seat type (local, xremote)
# pam-service = PAM service to use for login
# pam-autologin-service = PAM service to use for autologin
# pam-greeter-service = PAM service to use for greeters
# xserver-command = X server command to run (can also contain arguments e.g. X -special-option)
# xmir-command = Xmir server command to run (can also contain arguments e.g. Xmir -special-option)
# xserver-config = Config file to pass to X server
# xserver-layout = Layout to pass to X server
# xserver-allow-tcp = True if TCP/IP connections are allowed to this X server
# xserver-share = True if the X server is shared for both greeter and session
# xserver-hostname = Hostname of X server (only for type=xremote)
# xserver-display-number = Display number of X server (only for type=xremote)
# xdmcp-manager = XDMCP manager to connect to (implies xserver-allow-tcp=true)
# xdmcp-port = XDMCP UDP/IP port to communicate on
# xdmcp-key = Authentication key to use for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1 (stored in keys.conf)
# greeter-session = Session to load for greeter
# greeter-hide-users = True to hide the user list
# greeter-allow-guest = True if the greeter should show a guest login option
# greeter-show-manual-login = True if the greeter should offer a manual login option
# greeter-show-remote-login = True if the greeter should offer a remote login option
# user-session = Session to load for users
# allow-user-switching = True if allowed to switch users
# allow-guest = True if guest login is allowed
# guest-session = Session to load for guests (overrides user-session)
# session-wrapper = Wrapper script to run session with
# greeter-wrapper = Wrapper script to run greeter with
# guest-wrapper = Wrapper script to run guest sessions with
# display-setup-script = Script to run when starting a greeter session (runs as root)
# display-stopped-script = Script to run after stopping the display server (runs as root)
# greeter-setup-script = Script to run when starting a greeter (runs as root)
# session-setup-script = Script to run when starting a user session (runs as root)
# session-cleanup-script = Script to run when quitting a user session (runs as root)
# autologin-guest = True to log in as guest by default
# autologin-user = User to log in with by default (overrides autologin-guest)
# autologin-user-timeout = Number of seconds to wait before loading default user
# autologin-session = Session to load for automatic login (overrides user-session)
# autologin-in-background = True if autologin session should not be immediately activated
# exit-on-failure = True if the daemon should exit if this seat fails
#
[Seat:*]
#type=local
#pam-service=lightdm
#pam-autologin-service=lightdm-autologin
#pam-greeter-service=lightdm-greeter
#xserver-command=X
#xmir-command=Xmir
#xserver-config=
#xserver-layout=
#xserver-allow-tcp=false
#xserver-share=true
#xserver-hostname=
#xserver-display-number=
#xdmcp-manager=
#xdmcp-port=177
#xdmcp-key=
#greeter-session=example-gtk-gnome
#greeter-hide-users=false
#greeter-allow-guest=true
#greeter-show-manual-login=false
#greeter-show-remote-login=true
#user-session=default
#allow-user-switching=true
#allow-guest=true
#guest-session=
session-wrapper=/etc/lightdm/Xsession
#greeter-wrapper=
#guest-wrapper=
#display-setup-script=
#display-stopped-script=
#greeter-setup-script=
#session-setup-script=
#session-cleanup-script=
#autologin-guest=false
autologin-user=budi
#autologin-user-timeout=0
#autologin-in-background=false
#autologin-session=
#exit-on-failure=false

#
# XDMCP Server configuration
#
# enabled = True if XDMCP connections should be allowed
# port = UDP/IP port to listen for connections on
# listen-address = Host/address to listen for XDMCP connections (use all addresses if not present)
# key = Authentication key to use for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1 or blank to not use authentication (stored in keys.conf)
# hostname = Hostname to report to XDMCP clients (defaults to system hostname if unset)
#
# The authentication key is a 56 bit DES key specified in hex as 0xnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.  Alternatively
# it can be a word and the first 7 characters are used as the key.
#
[XDMCPServer]
#enabled=false
#port=177
#listen-address=
#key=
#hostname=

#
# VNC Server configuration
#
# enabled = True if VNC connections should be allowed
# command = Command to run Xvnc server with
# port = TCP/IP port to listen for connections on
# listen-address = Host/address to listen for VNC connections (use all addresses if not present)
# width = Width of display to use
# height = Height of display to use
# depth = Color depth of display to use
#
[VNCServer]
#enabled=false
#command=Xvnc
#port=5900
#listen-address=
#width=1024
#height=768
#depth=8

if get in Bash by Ctrl-Alt-F2  go on typing lightdm <enter> it echoes sort of:
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(lightdm:2142): WARNING **: 16:43:31.948: Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
still no clue from my limited knowlege


Re: Startup cannot directly login/get into Xfce desktop env.

Reply #6
/etc/ligthdm/lightdm.log

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     1	[+0.00s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log
     2 [+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 1.32.0, UID=0 PID=2245
     3 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Loading configuration dirs from /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
     4 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Loading configuration dirs from /usr/local/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
     5 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Loading configuration dirs from /etc/xdg/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
     6 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Loading configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
     7 [+0.02s] DEBUG: Registered seat module local
     8 [+0.02s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xremote
     9 [+0.02s] DEBUG: Using D-Bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
    10 [+0.03s] DEBUG: _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation local (GLocalVfs) for ‘gio-vfs’
    11 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Using cross-namespace EXTERNAL authentication (this will deadlock if server is GDBus < 2.73.3)
    12 [+0.04s] DEBUG: Monitoring logind for seats
    13 [+0.04s] DEBUG: New seat added from logind: seat0
    14 [+0.04s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Loading properties from config section Seat:*
    15 [+0.04s] DEBUG: Seat seat0 has property CanMultiSession=no
    16 [+0.05s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Starting
    17 [+0.05s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Creating user session
    18 [+0.05s] DEBUG: Loading users from org.freedesktop.Accounts
    19 [+0.06s] DEBUG: User /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1000 added
    20 [+0.07s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Failed to find session configuration default
    21 [+0.07s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Can't find session 'default'
    22 [+0.07s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Creating greeter session
    23 [+0.08s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Failed to find session configuration lightdm-gtk-greeter
    24 [+0.08s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Failed to create greeter session
    25 [+0.08s] DEBUG: Failed to start seat: seat0

compare the correct working one in another OS partition
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     1	[+0.01s] DEBUG: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log
     2 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 1.32.0, UID=0 PID=2206
     3 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Loading configuration dirs from /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
     4 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Loading configuration dirs from /usr/local/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
     5 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Loading configuration dirs from /etc/xdg/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
     6 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Loading configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
     7 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Registered seat module local
     8 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xremote
     9 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Using D-Bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
    10 [+0.01s] DEBUG: Using cross-namespace EXTERNAL authentication (this will deadlock if server is GDBus < 2.73.3)
    11 [+0.01s] DEBUG: _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation local (GLocalVfs) for ‘gio-vfs’
    12 [+0.02s] DEBUG: Monitoring logind for seats
    13 [+0.02s] DEBUG: New seat added from logind: seat0
    14 [+0.02s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Loading properties from config section Seat:*
    15 [+0.02s] DEBUG: Seat seat0 has property CanMultiSession=no
    16 [+0.02s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Starting
    17 [+0.02s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Creating user session
    18 [+0.02s] WARNING: Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
    19 [+0.02s] DEBUG: Loading user config from /etc/lightdm/users.conf
    20 [+0.02s] DEBUG: User budi added
    21 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Creating display server of type x
    22 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Could not run plymouth --ping: Failed to execute child process “plymouth” (No such file or directory)
    23 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Using VT 7
    24 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Starting local X display on VT 7
    25 [+0.03s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Logging to /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log
    26 [+0.03s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Writing X server authority to /run/lightdm/root/:0
    27 [+0.03s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Launching X Server
    28 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Launching process 2217: /bin/X :0 -seat seat0 -auth /run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch
    29 [+0.03s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0
    30 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
    31 [+0.03s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
    32 [+3.91s] DEBUG: Got signal 10 from process 2217
    33 [+3.91s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Got signal from X server :0
    34 [+3.91s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Connecting to XServer :0
    35 [+3.92s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Display server ready, starting session authentication
    36 [+3.92s] DEBUG: Session pid=2243: Started with service 'lightdm-autologin', username 'budi'
    37 [+3.98s] DEBUG: Session pid=2243: Authentication complete with return value 0: Success
    38 [+3.98s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Session authenticated, running command
    39 [+3.98s] DEBUG: Registering session with bus path /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
    40 [+3.98s] DEBUG: Session pid=2243: Running command /etc/lightdm/Xsession startxfce4
    41 [+3.98s] DEBUG: Creating shared data directory /var/lib/lightdm-data/budi
    42 [+3.98s] DEBUG: Session pid=2243: Logging to .xsession-errors
    43 [+4.00s] DEBUG: Activating VT 7
    44 [+4.00s] DEBUG: Activating login1 session 1

better clue maybe?