[gentoo-dev] Re: News item: upgrading to Plasma 5

[Michael Palimaka]

On 04/04/16 04:48, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Michael Palimaka <kensington@g.o> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> KDE team intends to stabilise Plasma 5 shortly, so please review the
>> accompanying news items.
>
> Very exciting, nice work!
>
>> If you normally use KDM to launch Plasma, note that it is no longer
>> supported.
>> Upstream recommends x11-misc/sddm instead which is pulled in by
>> plasma-meta by
>> default. To switch, edit /etc/conf.d/xdm and update DISPLAYMANAGER.
>
> That only works for OpenRC users. systemd users should run the
> following after installing sddm to adjust the display-manager.service
> symlink:
>
> systemctl reenable sddm.service
>
>

I was hoping someone would chime in with the systemd command. :)

I have updated that paragraph to read:

If you normally use KDM to launch Plasma, note that it is no longer
supported.
Upstream recommends x11-misc/sddm instead which is pulled in by
plasma-meta by
default. OpenRC users should edit /etc/conf.d/xdm and update DISPLAYMANAGER.
Systemd users should run: systemctl reenable sddm.service