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Init systems => dinit => Topic started by: gavincc on 23 April 2023, 18:42:32

Title: [SOLVED] change the DM from sddm to lightdm in lxqt
Post by: gavincc on 23 April 2023, 18:42:32
hopefully this is a real easy one - i use lxqt which comes with sddm as standard but i cannot stand xscreensaver (something out of the 80's), so i thought i'd change the DM to lightDM (with lightdm-dinit) and use light-locker instead.   All went as expected, but when going into standby, then coming out, i get a double login screen then a blank screen, no tty2, just frozen.   I'm guessing I'm missing something obvious, but have drawn a blank.  Any ideas?
Title: Re: change the DM from sddm to lightdm in lxqt
Post by: Artist on 23 April 2023, 20:23:47
Light locker can indeed cause problems with LXQT and Lightdm.
Iirc I removed it, and changed the end of file ~/.config/lxqt/lxqt.conf to:
  [Screensaver]
  lock_command=dm-tool lock

I'm not sure if I made any other changes; later I had to drop lightdm to run Xorg without root.

artist
Title: Re: change the DM from sddm to lightdm in lxqt
Post by: gavincc on 23 April 2023, 21:07:52
cheers Artist, much appreciated.