On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 8:24 AM, InvalidPath <invalid.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 12:24 AM, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> > wrote: > >> On 01/26/18 15:01, Joe Zeff wrote: >> > On 01/25/2018 07:54 PM, InvalidPath wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Ok so tonight I tried enabling, and I had to manually rm or mv the >> existing >> >> display-manager.service file because enabling another DE would not >> overwrite it. I >> >> tried both SDDM and LightDM... neither of which would boot correctly, >> all got was >> >> a black screen with no mouse. Alt+F# would not work either. So I'm >> thinking she >> >> locked up tight as a drum. >> > >> > First you disable the old DM, then enable the new one. >> >> systemctl -f enable sddm >> >> does what is needed. The "key" is the -f which means "force" >> >> -f, --force >> When used with enable, overwrite any existing conflicting >> symlinks. >> >> >> FWIW, I had already given this command to the OP in a different thread. >> >> >> -- >> A motto of mine is: When in doubt, try it out >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> >> > @Ed I know /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service is a symlink, I > use zsh so I saw the light blue flashing text in my terminal ;) > > And neither works meaning, I tried replacing this symlink with one > pointing to /usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service > because the command you gave me would not overwrite the symlink.. and I > even ran it as root but it still refused. No clue why really but honestly I > didnt care enough to find out. So I manually created a new symlink to teh > sddm file. Then later on I created one (overwriting the default) to the > LightDM service file. All to no avail. > > And by boot correctly in last nights escapades I mean that this time... I > did not even get a mouse cursor... just black. > And I did remove the Gnome bits but this time I did it individually after > 'sudo --exclude='qemu* libvirt*' remove gnome-<package-name>' which after > many of these the GDM was removed, I ended up reinstalling GDM* which in > turn reinstalled every BLASTED thing that I had just removed beforehand. > So frustrating. > > I did check the contents of /var/lib/sddm/state.conf and it references > gnome-desktop of all things! Why is it so bloody hard to change the > Display Managers up in here?? > > @Joe So are you meaning that I should mask or delete the symlink to my > current DM, maybe reboot then create one for teh other.. like SDDM or > LightDM? > So tonight, I guess I should try again.. maybe remove and reinstall sddm and I'd firstly think that installing a few other DM's would be a good idea but then I'm left with so many other dependencies that I'd be in the same boat as now. So am I correct in thinking that reinstalling sddm, I will retry the enable command and see if the results are different this time.. and if greeted with a black screen then journalctl should be my friend.. Oh and also check that state.conf file to make sure it's not still pointing to GDM... Is this a solid plan?
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