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Re: system boots to terminal -Solved

From Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: system boots to terminal -Solved
Date 2017-12-29 12:20 +0100
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On 28/12/17 15:05, Felix Miata wrote:
> Tony van der Hoff composed on 2017-12-28 14:39 (UTC):
>
>> I should have said I'm using KDE, so I guess gdm stanzas are inappropriate.
>> Anyway, I'm seeing:
>> $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
>> /usr/bin/sddm
>> Should I dpkg-reconfigure that?                       
> If that doesn't get the job done, don't be surprised. Cross-distro, sddm is
> anything but the most reliable of DMs. For any who want restoration of all DM
> features lost with KDM's demise, Trinity Desktop offers TDM. Otherwise, give
> lightdm a try. TDM is the only DM I use on Stretch.
Thanks, all for the useful tips.

Indeed, dpkg-reconfigure had the desired effect

Cheers, Tony

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system boots to terminal Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-28 11:50 +0100
  Re: system boots to terminal Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2017-12-28 12:10 +0100
    Re: system boots to terminal Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-28 15:40 +0100
      Re: system boots to terminal Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-28 16:10 +0100
        Re: system boots to terminal -Solved Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-29 12:20 +0100
      Re: system boots to terminal Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2017-12-28 16:10 +0100

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