LXDM
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.
Installation
Install X11 and set it up using the setup-xorg-base script.
# setup-xorg-base
To install lxdm, execute:
# apk add lxdm
Configuration
The main configuration file is /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf.