Re: [gentoo-user] lightdm - can not login

[Michael]

On Thursday, 10 June 2021 22:42:10 BST thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
> On 6/10/21 2:38 PM, Michael wrote:
> > On Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:22:12 BST thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
> >> On 6/10/21 1:19 PM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
> >>> I'm trying to use the default "lightdm" for login but whenever I type-in
> >>> the password it it puts me back to login screen (asking for password) I
> >>> changed/updated the password and the system accept it but I still can
> >>> not
> >>> log-in.
> >>
> >> I switched to "sddm" and it works, but it is "ugly".
> >
> > There are some themes you could choose from, or make your own to improve
> > the aesthetics of its default appearance.  Access to themes may be
> > available via your desktop environment's settings, or by setting them
> > manually in sddm.conf.>
> >> How to enable "num-lock" with sddm?
> >> I have "num-lock" in default run-level and it turns on when system is
> >> booting but when the "sddm" starts the num-lock is OFF again.
> >
> > The default /usr/share/sddm/sddm.conf.d/00default.conf has:
> >
> > # Initial NumLock state. Can be on, off or none.
> > # If property is set to none, numlock won't be changed
> > # NOTE: Currently ignored if autologin is enabled.
> > Numlock=none
> >
> > You can change this in yours to 'on' and see if it makes any difference.
>
> In:   /usr/share/sddm/sddm.conf.d/00default.conf
> I change to
> Numlock=on
>
> It makes no difference, when system boots the "Numlock" is still off.

By "... when system boots" you mean when sddm starts, or when the xfce4 
desktop loads?

Is it actually off, or is the corresponding LED failing to illuminate, but the 
keyboard responds correctly?

https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=3270


I do not have numlock enabled via openrc on the default runlevel and I have 
not installed numlockx.  I copied the numlock configuration snippet into /etc/
sddm.conf and set it to 'on'.  Restarting enabled the numlock function and 
turned on the LED too, once sddm was running.  After login into a desktop 
finished (Plasma) the numlock remained on.  So on this machine it works as 
advertised with sddm and a Plasma DE.  

xfce4 has a desktop setting, under Settings > Keyboard where you can enable 
numlock - without depending on the display manager.


> There
> is no default user login either and some kind of "Consoll log for..." on
> the lower right hand corner (that user don't need to see).

This is not what I see here of a number of different PCs.  There are avatars 
for each linux user and there is no log showing on the sddm panel.  Do you 
have missing components like e.g. elogind, policykit?

If the OS have only one user then this user's avatar will be selected to login 
with.  With more than one user, the last user who logged in will be selected.


> Previously I did not use any log-in manager, I start X from
> .bash_profile
> if [[ -z $DISPLAY ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then exec startx; fi
>
> .xinitrc
> exec startxfce4

Have you looked at this page - it describes bashrc as an option:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/X_without_Display_Manager


> but I'm not sure if it runs/starts in VT=7
> How to check or force X to VT=7

Ctrl+Alt+Fn to discover which virtual terminal your Xsession is running on.