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#1 2019-02-12 22:35:50

gonzalo2099
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Registered: 2018-12-27
Posts: 15

i cant start lightdm

i m trying to install lightdm display manager but when i install and reboot again is not loading. Im using plymouth.

if im doing something wrong let me know...  that's the way i install lightdm:

$: sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter
$: sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

[Seat:*]
...
greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter
...

$: sudo systemctl disable sddm-plymouth
$: sudo systemctl enable lightdm-plymouth
$: reboot

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#2 2019-02-13 00:28:57

dmartins
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Registered: 2006-09-23
Posts: 360

Re: i cant start lightdm

Will lightdm start if you do "systemctl start lightdm-plymouth.service"?

If not, check the output from "systemctl status lightdm-plymouth.service" and "journalctl -b" (as root).
Feel free to post the output here, just wrap it in code tags: https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

If it will start manually, check the output of systemctl get-default. If it does not say graphical.target, then run systemctl set-default graphical.target

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#3 2019-02-13 00:39:15

sydneyj
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From: Texas, US
Registered: 2018-10-20
Posts: 22

Re: i cant start lightdm

As regards lightdm.conf, FWIW, in my greeter-session I have

greeter-session=lightdm-lightdm-gtk-greeter-greeter

It's been so long, I don't remember why, sorry.

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#4 2019-02-13 00:47:04

loqs
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Registered: 2014-03-06
Posts: 17,198

Re: i cant start lightdm

sydneyj wrote:

As regards lightdm.conf, FWIW, in my greeter-session I have

greeter-session=lightdm-lightdm-gtk-greeter-greeter

lightdm-lightdm-gtk-greeter-greeter is none standard lightdm-gtk-greeter is the standard lightdm gtk3 greeter which will be used by default if no greeter-session is specified.

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#5 2019-02-13 03:39:48

warezIbanez
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Registered: 2017-03-27
Posts: 14

Re: i cant start lightdm

I'm not sure if you're going to use Xorg or Wayland with LightDM, but I'd at least test out Xorg and then post a log from the results of startx. If Xorg fires up without a problem, perhaps try installing xorg-server-xephyr and then run

lightdm --test-mode --debug

Last edited by warezIbanez (2019-02-13 03:40:05)

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#6 2019-02-14 04:08:09

gonzalo2099
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Registered: 2018-12-27
Posts: 15

Re: i cant start lightdm

ty so much all for the answer. I solved the problem installing a package from AUR "lightdm-ubuntu", the problem was fixed. I dont know exactly why was fixed with this package

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#7 2019-02-14 07:50:23

seth
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Registered: 2012-09-03
Posts: 50,012

Re: i cant start lightdm

You installed a 4 year old version of ligthdm…

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