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v43

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Registered: 2011-02-03

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[solved] lxdm slim qingy cdm. none?

hi guys! i'm wondering which of these login managers is the lighter, which the best functioning...
what's your choice?

i'm running lxde but installed slim. it's very good imo, just i couldn't get the restart / shut down button on the screen.
i never tried lxdm.
i'm trying qingy now. it works, and it ought to be faster, ugly as it is, but i didn't notice

besides, i'm experiencing a issue with bit color depth of the login screen. it runs 640x480 16 colors. as i'm using kms i can't set the framebuffer in grub2. so? =/

i think i'll give cdm a try, too.. if you say it works good
EDIT: cdm isn't working.

would it be possible to start the window manager automatically after the console login? without a login manager i mean, just running .xinitrc

Last edited by v43 (2011-02-10 15:57:56)

Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: [solved] lxdm slim qingy cdm. none?

of course. Please search wiki for xinitrc. Then add a small if clause to your ~/.bash_profile which says that if you log in on tty1, then it should startx for you and you are good to go.

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v43

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Registered: 2011-02-03

Posts: 140

Re: [solved] lxdm slim qingy cdm. none?

thank you Inxsible. i just did that a minute ago, awesome!! who needs a login manager?

well, the problem now is when i logout from the lxde session using the lxsession-logout program, it won't log me out the console =/
i just posted in the lxde forum hoping they can help me, but i suspect that that program isn't customizable. maybe i should run another or make my own

Arpione

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From: Pécs, Hungary

Registered: 2010-09-13

Posts: 31

Re: [solved] lxdm slim qingy cdm. none?

Change the "startx" command to "startx && exit" in your ~/.bash_profile. This should log you out from the console too when you log out from LXDE.

v43

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Registered: 2011-02-03

Posts: 140

Re: [solved] lxdm slim qingy cdm. none?

indeed! THANK YOU!