On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > On Fri, 2013-11-29 at 15:43 -0500, Jon N wrote: >> The only reason I prefer gdm3 is it gives me options on which >> environment I want to load. Normally I use Mate, but xdm didn't offer >> any choice and I don't know how to change it. > > That's not a good reason. A good reason to use GDM3 might be > accessibility. I guess Orca (a speech synth) does work with GDM3, if so, > it also makes sense that the dependency chain even does include a sound > server as hard dependency. > > I don't know xdm, I'm using LightDM and I guess it can be used with more > or less the same greeters as GDM can be used. So all the options and > flashy appearances should be available too, excepted of some very > special things. I guess there will be no sound, IOW no Orca for LightDM, > but regarding to this, also no hard dependency to a sound server.
Well, it was very good (IMHO) when it was gdm2, I really liked it then. Mostly because I could easily configure it so I didn't even see it at all (it logged me in automatically). And I use Gnome then also, which at the time I liked that too. But, the good news is I am back up and running again. I install lightDM (thanks for the suggestion!) which did bring me to a log in prompt. The first time I logged in I accepted the default, which gave me the 'Oops, Something has gone wrong' screen again. But the next time I selected Mate and I'm back to my normal desktop. All this talk about desktops has me thinking of what I will install when I get my new system. I really like what I think is a traditional desktop, such as what Gnome2 gave me. I like the idea of some of the lightweight environments such as Blackbox or Enlightenment, but can't get used to using them. I did run Xfce for a while, since it's installed (and hopefully still working) I can switch back and forth pretty easily so will have to try it again. Thanks again for your help, Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANcvmg1CJfti=gaqjy8ncmyj_3zbvndjuqt6gwkkwm8k9mk...@mail.gmail.com
