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

[Ken Mink]

On 01/18/2017 02:31 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

I know I'm coming in late, but I don't use a window manager or a display 
manager. I added a getty with autologin to tty7. They .profile does a 
startx and .xinitrc starts the frontend. There's some logic in .profile 
and .xinitrc to make sure only one is running and that the login is on 
tty7. This method has worked for me for years. I will say that I don't 
use any external programs with myth, so there's no problem with 
different windows needing focus.

Ken