> On 2 Aug 2021, at 19:02, Mark Hindley <m...@hindley.org.uk> wrote: > > Yes it can be, but no more so than consolekit. There are 2 alternatives for > managing > seats and sessions in Devuan: consolekit (actually consolekit2) and elogind. > > Consolekit was probably the default in ascii. It is inactive upstream, but > still > works. Elogind is active and well supported and is the default since > beowulf. However, the codebase derives from systemd and therefore some people > will prefer not to use it. > > So, you need one or other, but not both or a mixture. > > aptitude seems to suggest that you already have elogind installed and this is > an > upgrade. You will have to allow apt to remove the consolekit related packages > (libpam-ck-connector and possibly some policykit libraries). Alternatively, > stick with consolekit and remove all of the elogind related packages. The > choice > is yours. Both will work once you have a clean installation based on a single > logind alternative. > > Mark
Is seatd likely to get anywhere in the next Debian development cycle after bullseye/chimaera? Would this allow us to just need only one option for users to install? -- Tom _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
