On 2016-11-28 21:39, Neil Rickert wrote:
On 11/28/16 14:08, Carlos E. R. wrote:
No, there is nothing (in 42.2). From memory, I could choose keyboard, and halt/reboot.
I had to switch to "lxdm" to be able to choose desktop.
I had to switch back to "lightdm" to check. But yes, it is there.
The top right corner has 4 items. The left-most (on my screen) is the desktop selector. For me, it normally shows a KDE icon. If I switch the "xfce", then it shows "xf" in a black circle.
I'll try again. Unfortunately, installing "lxdm" removed "lightdm", some conflict. I have to reinstall it: Isengard:~ # zypper install lightdm ... Resolving package dependencies... The following 5 NEW packages are going to be installed: lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm-gtk-greeter-branding-openSUSE lightdm-gtk-greeter-lang lightdm-lang The following package is going to be REMOVED: lxdm The following 2 recommended packages were automatically selected: lightdm-gtk-greeter-lang lightdm-lang 5 new packages to install, 1 to remove. Overall download size: 368,9 KiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 545,5 KiB will be used. Continue? [y/n/? shows all options] (y):
The other items are the local/language, shutdown/reboot, and one other (probably for things such as a screen reader for the blind).
My top right corner (this is a machine running 42.2) has three items, not four. There is a keyboard or language selector, and in the bar it displays a text, not an icon: en_us.utf8. Then an icon that seems a human shape. Clicking says "large font F1, high contrast F2", and it works. Finally, there is something like a power button, that says "suspend, hibernate, restart, shut down alt-f4". At the top left of the monitor I see the machine short name, does not respond to click. Center, there is a box with a drop list for names, an entry line for the password, and a "log in" button. So no, there is nothing to click to select desktops. It is back to "lxdm" for me. Resolving package dependencies... Problem: installed lightdm-1.19.5-1.1.x86_64 obsoletes lxdm < 0.5 provided by lxdm-0.4.1-4.25.x86_64 Solution 1: Following actions will be done: deinstallation of lightdm-1.19.5-1.1.x86_64 deinstallation of lightdm-lang-1.19.5-1.1.noarch deinstallation of lightdm-gtk-greeter-2.0.2-1.1.x86_64 deinstallation of lightdm-gtk-greeter-branding-openSUSE-1.3-9.3.noarch deinstallation of lightdm-gtk-greeter-lang-2.0.2-1.1.noarch Solution 2: do not install lxdm-0.4.1-4.25.x86_64 Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c): 1
I normally prefer "lightdm" and had no difficulty switching desktops. However, I did switch to "gdm" because some desktops don't otherwise work ("Gnome classic", for example). But now that I've switched back to "lightdm", I will probably keep it. I've finished testing Gnome, at least for now.
Well, lxdm has a somewhat nicer presentation. It has a background photo, that of the green openSUSE bulb. A big word "Login" at the center. It has a box with a droplist of names with icons (and the "more" entry"). r At the bottom left it shows a desktop chooser, and next a language chooser. At the bottom right there is the word "quit", that can reboot or shutdown. No hibernate/suspend choice. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)