replacing lxdm with slim

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Wed May 29 06:32:19 UTC 2013


On 05/29/13 13:44, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> In Fedora 17 and before, I could successfully replace lxdm with slim
> just by uninstalling one (lxdm) and installing slim. Doing so in Fedora
> 18 does not "work". By that, I mean that I do not get the graphical
> display with slim: instead, I get a text prompt and I have to login
> with password, following which I have to type startx. Following a load
> of text I am then put into the LXDE desktop screen.
>
> What exactly do I need to do in F18 to get back the "old experience"? 
>
> Happy to provide more information: I am not sure what would be helpful
> and where to start.

systemctl enable slim.service  



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