Login as IceWM, not lightdm

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Hi there :slight_smile:

Upon installing openSUSE, I selected Minimal X Window, but I also selected the MATE desktop for installation.
I though openSUSE would automatically recognize this and make lightdm as my default login manager and MATE as Desktop Environment, but that’s not the case, the system starts IceWM instead (which I hate).

How can I make lightdm as default? On Arch all it takes is “systemctl enable lightdm”, but it doesn’t work here. Yes, I have lightdm installed.

Regards

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It’s the DISPLAYMANAGER=“xdm” line in "/etc/sysconfig/displaymanager. Change that “xdm” to “lightdm”, but first make sure that “lightdm” is installed (should be at “/usr/sbin/lightdm”).

You can actually use:

Yast → System → /etc/sysconfig editor → Desktop → Display Manager
and click on DISPLAYMANAGER

or use “vi”.

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Thanks, that did it :slight_smile: