Apt also provides a log, refer to /var/log/apt/history.log.

Pretty sure that's where Synaptic gets it's history, loads that file when you open it. So it's the same history.

But if you never use the GUI, then yeah.

The command I gave

I used Synaptic and it marked all the required dependencies for installation too.

During the installation process, I was also prompted with a Dialogue Window to select which Display Manager (DM) was to be active. slim was already selected as it was the current one. So, I selected lightdm which was at the top of the list.

I then edited the lightdm.conf file.

I rebooted the Laptop et voila lightdm was the active DM.

Thanks!! again, MTB.

I prefer using Synaptic because it maintains a History of installations which is useful if you need to return to a previous configuration.

To the conf file: the default is that user names are hidden. You need to enable that line and set it to false.

BTW: the conf file is confusing. In the beginning there is a lot of comments to all the settings. The relevant line is some way down the file under the [seats] section.

I am a long term user of Lightdm

Should I also install lightdm-gtk-greeter as suggested on the website I mentioned?

I just noticed that that website mentions configuring the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file but but without any instructions in how to do so - duh!

Why do we want to Hide the Users? Did you mean [SeatDefaults]?

In MX Linux, greeter-hide-users is commented with a # to disable that setting. When the Login screen appears the User Name is already entered.

Thanks!!

Simple instructions:

# apt install lightdm
# nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Edit under Seats, remove the hash before greeter_hide_users

I would like to have a more User Friendly Login screen (greeter) so that the User doesn't have to type in their User Name every time they Login as per MX Linux which uses lightdm-gtk-greeter and lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings and lightdm-modified-init.

I found the following page (Item 3).

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/display- … -uninstall

Are those instructions compatible with Devuan 5 - i386?

Does lightdm need to be run as a Service?

Is there anything missing from those instructions?

Thanks!!