I installed lightdm last night, and got it working okay. Did you do anything with /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ? I suspect not, but that's where its configurations are set. And once they're set I rebooted to make sure it would work, and it did.
Good luck Sharon. On 26 December 2012 16:39, Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> wrote: > > I thought I would try out lightdm today instead of GDM3...but after > installation and telling the configure script to use lightdm, I end up with > a blank screen and a cursor...no login facility. > Am I missing something ? Aptitude installed light dm and the greeter. > > > > -- > Cheers > Frank > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-user-REQUEST@lists.**debian.org<debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org>with > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/**50db2850.6060...@videotron.ca<http://lists.debian.org/50db2850.6060...@videotron.ca> > > -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ Debian Wheezy, LXDE 2 LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 Registered Linux user 334501