Re: GDM alternative?

[Stephen Arnold <stephen.arnold42@gmail.com>]

Haven't gotten to slim yet (other things intervened) but I did add lxdm to
my xorg image.  Got it working with a bbappend for an init script package,
upstream automake broke it, so I had to fix it again (along with some other
stuff).  Anyway, the latter patches are in the ML queue; works fine so far,
although the session menu isn't populated since it only uses the mini_x
session for openbox.


On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Adam Lee <adam.yh.lee@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Stephen for your response :)
> I think I will give slim a spin this weekend on my desktop. Ultimately a
> lighter DM will be appreciated on my embedded boards.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Stephen Arnold
> <stephen.arnold42@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > It's a bit more subtle than just "obvious advantage" since the deps are
> > different, config options are different, etc.  Slim is probably "lighter"
> > than lxdm, in both features and dependency bloat.  The former pretty
> > depends only on X11 libs and png (with optional pam and dbus/consolekit
> > integration).  OTOH, lxdm has about the same pam/consolekit features, but
> > depends on gtk[2|3].  So, a bit fancier and a little more bloat.  Which
> one
> > do you think is easier to theme?  ;)
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Adam Lee <adam@gumstix.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Are there any obvious advantages over one another between LXDM and
> Slim?
> > > I love how LXDM doesn't require complicated authentication framework
> like
> > > GDM.
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Stephen Arnold
> > > <stephen.arnold42@gmail.com>wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there any interest in reviving slim?  I'm using it on gentoo-arm
> on
> > > > several devices; works just like x86.  Since I haven't tried it or
> > > > otherwise looked at it in oe yet, I have no idea why it's in a
> > > non-working
> > > > state.  That said, it was on my todo list until I noticed lxdm, so
> I'll
> > > > probably check it out at some point; never a bad idea to have another
> > > > lightweight alternative...
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Adam Lee <adam.yh.lee@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Andreas, LXDM from meta-oe works well with minimal configuration on
> > my
> > > > part
> > > > > :)
> > > > > I didn't have to add another layer to satisfy dependencies. Thanks
> :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Adam
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Andreas Müller <
> > > > > schnitzeltony@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Adam Lee <adam.yh.lee@gmail.com
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > Thank you Koen and Andreas. That has been really helped in
> > clearing
> > > > up
> > > > > my
> > > > > > > confusion and setting the path forward.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I think I will try LXDM in meta-misc in meta-oe. Is there any
> > > special
> > > > > > > configuration that I should be aware of (other then setting it
> as
> > > the
> > > > > > > graphical init manager)?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > meta-misc is my personal playground - it might have dependencies
> to
> > > > > > other layers and some things might not work as expected...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Andreas
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