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webman

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Registered: 2022-08-27

Posts: 45  

XFCE4 config on devuan - differences to debian

Hello!

I am looking to understand, where to configure XFCE4 to behave the same as on my debian (bullseye).
At least two things matter:
- dialogs are not resizable
- cannot switch user (logging in parallel with a second user).
Can someone probably shed some light onto this?

Thanks,
Manfred

Andre4freedom

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Registered: 2017-11-15

Posts: 174  

Re: XFCE4 config on devuan - differences to debian

webman, I'm not aware of what version of Devuan you use.....
but, by default the selection of xfce4 desktop environment installs slim as display-manager.
Just install lightdm instead --- and you will be able to switch users.
(Use sysnaptic or apt install lightdm to install and answer the questions sensibly)
Good luck

Last edited by Andre4freedom (2023-04-04 16:42:49)

webman

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Registered: 2022-08-27

Posts: 45  

Re: XFCE4 config on devuan - differences to debian

Thank you!
This may be it.
I'll try it out!

danuan

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Registered: 2020-08-30

Posts: 16  

Re: XFCE4 config on devuan - differences to debian

LightDM installs are broken most of the time for me and do not auto select greeter (lightdm-gtk-greeter)

Make sure lightdm install grabs that package