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On 6/11/21 2:17 AM, Michael wrote: |
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> On Thursday, 10 June 2021 22:42:10 BST thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>> On 6/10/21 2:38 PM, Michael wrote: |
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>>> On Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:22:12 BST thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>>>> On 6/10/21 1:19 PM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>>>>> I'm trying to use the default "lightdm" for login but whenever I type-in |
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>>>>> the password it it puts me back to login screen (asking for password) I |
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>>>>> changed/updated the password and the system accept it but I still can |
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>>>>> not |
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>>>>> log-in. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> I switched to "sddm" and it works, but it is "ugly". |
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>>> |
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>>> There are some themes you could choose from, or make your own to improve |
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>>> the aesthetics of its default appearance. Access to themes may be |
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>>> available via your desktop environment's settings, or by setting them |
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>>> manually in sddm.conf.> |
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>>>> How to enable "num-lock" with sddm? |
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>>>> I have "num-lock" in default run-level and it turns on when system is |
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>>>> booting but when the "sddm" starts the num-lock is OFF again. |
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>>> The default /usr/share/sddm/sddm.conf.d/00default.conf has: |
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>>> # Initial NumLock state. Can be on, off or none. |
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>>> # If property is set to none, numlock won't be changed |
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>>> # NOTE: Currently ignored if autologin is enabled. |
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>>> Numlock=none |
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>>> You can change this in yours to 'on' and see if it makes any difference. |
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>> In: /usr/share/sddm/sddm.conf.d/00default.conf |
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>> I change to |
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>> Numlock=on |
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>> It makes no difference, when system boots the "Numlock" is still off. |
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> By "... when system boots" you mean when sddm starts, or when the xfce4 |
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> desktop loads? |
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> Is it actually off, or is the corresponding LED failing to illuminate, but the |
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> keyboard responds correctly? |
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> https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=3270 |
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> I do not have numlock enabled via openrc on the default runlevel and I have |
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> not installed numlockx. I copied the numlock configuration snippet into /etc/ |
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> sddm.conf and set it to 'on'. Restarting enabled the numlock function and |
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> turned on the LED too, once sddm was running. After login into a desktop |
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> finished (Plasma) the numlock remained on. So on this machine it works as |
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> advertised with sddm and a Plasma DE. |
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> xfce4 has a desktop setting, under Settings > Keyboard where you can enable |
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> numlock - without depending on the display manager. |
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> |
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>> There |
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>> is no default user login either and some kind of "Consoll log for..." on |
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>> the lower right hand corner (that user don't need to see). |
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> This is not what I see here of a number of different PCs. There are avatars |
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> for each linux user and there is no log showing on the sddm panel. Do you |
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> have missing components like e.g. elogind, policykit? |
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> |
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> If the OS have only one user then this user's avatar will be selected to login |
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> with. With more than one user, the last user who logged in will be selected. |
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>> Previously I did not use any log-in manager, I start X from |
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>> .bash_profile |
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>> if [[ -z $DISPLAY ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then exec startx; fi |
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>> .xinitrc |
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>> exec startxfce4 |
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> Have you looked at this page - it describes bashrc as an option: |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/X_without_Display_Manager |
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>> but I'm not sure if it runs/starts in VT=7 |
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>> How to check or force X to VT=7 |
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> |
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> Ctrl+Alt+Fn to discover which virtual terminal your Xsession is running on. |
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I'm back on "LightDM" login manager, the login works. |
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It was as simple as selecting, in top right hand corner (on "setting") during Login "Xfce" instead of "Xsession" that is using "twm" which I don't have it even installed. Xfce4 is the only desktop I have so it should be a default one. |
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As for numlock it still not ON. |
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The solution I think is to install: "x11-misc/numlockx" and point to it the configuration file. |
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I but I have "numlock" in default run-level and during start up the Numlock key turn ON but as soon as the "LightDM" starts, the Numlock light goes OFF. |
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Installing another application just to turn it ON is pointless. |