replacing lxdm with slim

[Ranjan Maitra]

Hi,

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.

Many thanks and best wishes,
Ranjan


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[Ed Greshko]

On 05/29/13 15:34, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  On 05/29/13 15:14, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > On 05/29/2013 02:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >> systemctl enable slim.service
> > Quick note, the ".service" part of this command is redundant in systemd in
> recent versions.  So system enable slim will work just fine.  You only need to expand it
> if you want to differentiate between different unit files (ex: cups.service vs
> cups.socket)
> >
>  Thanks for that....  Old habits die hard.
>  
Oh, FWIW, tab completion of "systemctl enable sl"  reinforced my habit.  :-)

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[Ed Greshko]

On 05/29/13 15:14, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  On 05/29/2013 02:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > systemctl enable slim.service
>
>  Quick note, the ".service" part of this command is redundant in systemd in
> recent versions.  So system enable slim will work just fine.  You only need to expand it
> if you want to differentiate between different unit files (ex: cups.service vs
> cups.socket)
>  
Thanks for that....  Old habits die hard.


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[Ed Greshko]

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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[Ranjan Maitra]

On Wed, 29 May 2013 03:14:07 -0400 Rahul Sundaram <metherid(a)gmail.com&gt;
wrote:

>  On 05/29/2013 02:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  > systemctl enable slim.service
>  
>  Quick note, the ".service" part of this command is redundant in systemd 
>  in recent versions.  So system enable slim will work just fine.  You 
>  only need to expand it if you want to differentiate between different 
>  unit files (ex: cups.service vs cups.socket) 
Thanks, both! A related question: if I were to create a LiveCD, with
slim instead of lxdm, what should I do?

Previously, all I did was create the following:

cat > /etc/sysconfig/desktop <<EOF
PREFERRED=/usr/bin/fvwm
DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/sbin/slim-dynwm
EOF


I note that slim-dynwm has moved to /usr/bin, but doing that also does
not have any effect.

Many thanks,
Ranjan

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[Rahul Sundaram]

On 05/29/2013 02:32 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  systemctl enable slim.service 
Quick note, the ".service" part of this command is redundant in systemd 
in recent versions.  So system enable slim will work just fine.  You 
only need to expand it if you want to differentiate between different 
unit files (ex: cups.service vs cups.socket)

Rahul