LXDM: Difference between revisions

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LXDM is a lightweight display manager with UI implemented in GTK+.

Internet connectivity, unless the packages have been pre-fetched into a local cache.
Install appropriate Graphics driver drivers for your hardware. Without graphics drivers, errors are likely to occur when starting your desktop.
A non-root user account.
The community repository must be enabled.
Set up eudev.
Install and enable D-Bus. Without D-Bus, icons and keyboard shortcuts may be missing.

Install X11 and set it up using the setup-xorg-base script.

# setup-xorg-base

To install lxdm, execute:

# apk add lxdm

The main configuration file is /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf.

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-[https://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDM LXDM] is the lightweight display manager with UI implemented in GTK+.
+[https://www.lxde.org/ LXDM] is a lightweight display manager with UI implemented in GTK+.
-==Installation==
+{{:Include:Desktop prerequisites}}
-There is a [https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=lxdm&branch=v3.8 lxdm] package in main repository. To install it, execute
-{{Cmd|$ apk update
-$ apk add lxdm}}
-==Configuration==
+== Installation ==
-The main configuration file is /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf.
+Install X11 and set it up using the <code>setup-xorg-base</code> script.{{Cmd|# setup-xorg-base}}
-[[category:Desktop]]
+To install lxdm, execute: {{Cmd|# apk add {{pkg|lxdm|arch=}}}}
+== Configuration ==
+The main configuration file is {{Path|/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf}}.
+== See Also ==
+* [[Xorg]]
+* [https://www.lxde.org/ Official LXDM]
+* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LXDM LXDM - Archwiki]
+[[Category:Display Managers]]