[mythtv-users] What display manager (and window manager) to choose

[Steve Greene]

Ubuntu Mate, except on my master backend, which runs on Mint Cinnamon,
since I occasionally use it for other desktop purposes.

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:00 PM, Andrew (AFPup) Stadt <acstadt at stadt.ca>
wrote:

> On 1/18/2017 2:31 AM, Peter Carlsson wrote:
>
> Hello!
>>
>> I would like to know what display manager and window manager people
>> are using.
>>
>> I used to have a line in /etc/inittab but I think that method
>> was deprecated in one Debian update a year or more ago.
>>
>> I then started to use SLiM and recently changed to LightDM.
>>
>> For my Debian (Jessie/stable) MythTV system I use XFCE4, but I have
>> a problem (with both SLiM and LightDM) that it sometimes fails to
>> autologin. It feels like a race condition where it attempts to
>> autologin before the window manager is fully started.
>>
>> So I would be happy if people could tell me what combination of
>> display manager and window manager you are using.
>>
>> It must support autologin but doesn't have to be fancy or anything.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Peter Carlsson
>>
>> 2nd on the ratpoison, though I use an auto-login shell (mingetty, lauched
> via systemd /w restart) for my frontends (as they  are dedicated
> front-ends, not used as desktops - ever.). I know with this setup, I don't
> technically need a WM, but it does help with some of the keyboard/focus
> issues I've had in the past... but can't get much more light weight then
> ratpoison.
>
> Andrew.
>
>
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