On 10/3/18 11:40 AM, Bob Goodwin-Fastmail wrote: > On 10/03/18 14:00, Rick Stevens wrote: >> Assuming you're starting the GUI from systemd startup, you can find >> which is used by default by doing something like: >> >> [root@prophead ~]# ls -l /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service >> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 39 Oct 17 2016 >> /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service -> >> /usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service >> >> So by default, systemd will spin up the lightdm display manager. I think >> that's set up by a scriptlet when you install XFCE but I won't swear to >> it. > . > [root@box83 bong]# ls -l /etc/systems/system/display-manager.service > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 35 Apr 25 02:35 > /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service -> > /usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service > > However gdm is not active, it loks like there is no DM running, is that > possible? > > [root@box83 bobg]# systemctl status gdm.service > ● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager > Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled; vendor > preset: disabled) > Active: inactive (dead) > > As Joe points out it probably had lightdm running before I began making > changes trying to fix an intermittent scan problem I can't even describe > yet. > > This resulted from the replacement of a ViewSonic monitor that did not > deal with edid and I think I have cleaned out all the xrandr stuff but > perhaps there is some artifact still lurking. > > I can systemctl start lightdm or gdm, but what is it running on now, > nothing? Try "systemctl status display-manager" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - "Hello. My PID is Inigo Montoya. You `kill -9'-ed my parent - - process. Prepare to vi." - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
