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Re: LightDM Vs LXDM

 

One question.
Does gnome-keyring works properly under LightDM?
If it works flawlessly, then I think the switch is necessary since
this is an old problem of lxdm without fix.

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Chris <cyber.druif@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Aloha Matthew and the rest,
> I don't run the alpha (or any Lubuntu for that matter) but the switch to
> LightDM is more than showing the user list. At least for Gnome it means
> there won't be a second session running and for us it'll mean we've got
> loads more support for it. That are my 2c at this time of day. And about
> that not seeing it in the list of session; LightDM or LXDM is the session
> chooser.
> with metta,
> Chris Druif
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 16:00, Matthew Young <rs.matthewcom.info@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know much about LightDM, but I don't see it in the list of
>> sessions. I have only seen changes in the login screen.
>> Is that all LightDM is?
>> I think it is good that LightDM lists the users, but is that enough to
>> make the switch worth it?
>> Matthew
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:07 AM, Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Le Saturday 18 June 2011 à 19:16 +0100, Yorvyk a écrit :
>>> >
>>> > Having thought about this it is probably best to go with LightDM if
>>> > the rest of Ubuntu is going that way.  There should be plenty of
>>> > support for it and we'll be less isolated.
>>>
>>> I'm still uncertain about this. I still don't want to spend too much
>>> time on maintaining a display manager. Having other people doing the job
>>> is quite confortable :)
>>> The fact that it's working now, doesn't mean it will work in the futur.
>>> The display manager is a complex piece of software, with connexions with
>>> many others parts, which need a lot of testing. Sharing this will be a
>>> advantage.
>>> But yes, it's also confortable to just keep LXDM, and hope it will be ok
>>> for this cycle.
>>>
>>> I propose to switch to LightDM for the next alphas, but to confirm the
>>> choice before the Beta 1. If we realize it's too much work, we can still
>>> go back to LXDM.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Julien Lavergne
>>>
>>>
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