Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar composed on 2016-07-27 10:46 (UTC+0200):
In an attempt to clean up deprecated packages I stumbled across ConsoleKit, which we still carry in openSUSE:Factory
At this moment, there is actually only one package left that depends on ConsoleKit - the package being lxdm.
Yes, of course, this is part of LXDE, but it is not mandatory to have an OWN display manager for every desktop environment (anyway only one will be active on any given system).
What would be the general feeling of dropping lxdm from the distribution and use lightdm as the 'favorite' DM when installing a lightdm setup afresh? lightdm is also lighweight and is used by a couple other DEs as well, so sharing this would certainly make sense.
And to make it clear: I am not advocating to remove all of LXDE, only the display manager.
FWIW, only two login managers suit my needs: kdm[3,4] tdm Primary reason this is so is that none other I have found permit to specify directly in its configfile which users shall be displayed in its greeter list. That aside, as KDE3 is missing from repos, I installed 42.1's TDE and TDM in my only 42.2 installation. They _seem_ to do just fine. Wanting something "official" to use in 42.2 besides IceWM, not liking the only of the KDE-like choice, and having seen mention of https://en.opensuse.org/LXQT today, I decided to try it (only for the second time ever). I followed its instruction: zypper in -t pattern LXQt. That generated an error message. Turns out the actual pattern is all lower case. 31 packages were installed so spelling it. TDE seems as though it may be a competent launcher for LXQT, but as this installation presents to me the same response as my other attempt long ago, I don't know if it's producing what it should: "Welcome to LXQt. Please select your default Window Manager: Other... Choose your favorite one. You will be able to change..." What exactly am I looking at here? If I select "Other..." and hit OK, a file picker opens /usr/bin. What exactly is one supposed to do at this point? IOW, what exactly is LXQt supposed to be (as compared to KDE3 or TDE for context)? As I didn't have a clue, I found starttde and selected it, then chose it in the greeter to log into. That apparently launched a TDE session inside a LXQt session, a normal TDE session except with an extra taskbar at the screen bottom. I exited the TDE session, and was left with what looks like what I expected a LXQt session to look like, a taskbar, a blank desktop, and a working menu chock full of the same apps and utils I'm used to seeing in KDE and TDE. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org