On 26/02/15 06:15, Pablo Lezaeta Reyes wrote: > On 02/25/2015 04:33 PM, Pablo Lezaeta Reyes wrote: >>>> * Hi all, > *>>>>>>* Version 2.0.0 of the LightDM GTK greeter was released about week ago. > *>>>* This release drops GTK2 support. > *>>>>*> That's ironic, Xfce recommend lightdm as DM for the gtk2 theme, and the > *>*> upcomimng xfce-gtk-engine 3.1 drop gtk3 support. > *>*> > *> >>From what I saw, it didn't drop it. It just disabled it by default, which >> makes sense given that the desktop is GTK+2 only and they don't want to >> unnecessary pull in the gtk+3 dep only for the engine. >> > 3.1.0 taged http://git.xfce.org/xfce/gtk-xfce-engine/tree/NEWS > > verbatim from the news: "Gtk+-3 support has been stopped" > > I asume they keep it but they stop supporting so I think unles a patch > that fix all the themes emerge wldly, will be better drop xfce3-gtk-engine > or the entire xfce-gtk-engine, but that mostly prove that they not > support gtk3, drop gtk2-greeter will render without a wai to use a gtk2 only > environment since lxdm is mostly no-more-maintained and is better have a greeter > than a binary unsupported. > > Also xfce4 recomend greybird as theme for xfce if someone need a gtk2-gtk3 theme > > >>>> * Therefore I propose to rename the current "lightdm-gtk3-greeter" into > *>>>* "lightdm-gtk-greeter" and drop the legacy "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" to AUR. > *>*> looking oxygen keep the gtk3 in AUR gtk3 only themes tend to use gtk3 and > *>*> gtk2 only thend to use gtk or gtk2, I will preffer keep the 3 in the name. > *>>*> I could keep "lightdm-gtk2-greeter" around for a while in [community] if > *>>*> some people want me to (I'm thinking people using MATE for example, > *>>*> but it's going towards GTK3 anyway), but keep in mind that you can use > *>>>* LXDM instead if you really need a GTK2 display manager. > *>*> Or Xfce4 users, the upcoming xfce4 release is gtk2, and only after that the > *>*> migration to gtk3 will start. > *>*> so a gtk2-greeter will be apreciated until xfce drop gtk2, and dont forget > *>*> that LXDM is now presumably unmaintained or in low maintainance since they > *>*> migrate to QT > *>>>>>*> If there aren't any objections by the end of the week, I'll > proceed with my > *>>*> proposal. > *>>>>*> Me > *>*> > *>>>* Cheers, > *>> > > tldr; I will go for keep gtk2-greeter for xfce4 user since lxdm is > semi-unmaintained and better a unmaintained theme that a > binary. > someone know if slim keep working with systemd, last time was buggy > or not start or not let thing start at all (like logind) > I'm using slim with systemd and have noticed no issues. My arch is up to date. I was interested in this thread because I was thinking of trying lightdm with light-locker. I can't get xflock4 and gnome-screensaver to lock the screen. It works if I run xflock4 from the cli but the screen locking is not working automatically via power-manager. Regards, Richard
