after booting into MATE, lightdm seemingly refused my login/password... confused (I change passwords for each spin) i logged into a tty no probs.
after fiddling around, i went back to the lightdm login and realised the session switcher pulldown had moved, so i clicked on the little spanner icon chose 'mate' and again after my password. then it started mate...
~/.xsessions is empty apart from a #! bin/sh - what should i add to it, if anything?
Will it remember my choice?
lightdm and MATE 32 oddness [solved]
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lightdm and MATE 32 oddness [solved]
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Re: lightdm and MATE 32 oddness
Check if you got a .dmrc file in the home folder. Can't verify now (no DM here), but that one should save the sessions.
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Re: lightdm and MATE 32 oddness
Code: Select all
mate@aspire ~ % cat .dmrc
[Desktop]
Session=mate
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Re: lightdm and MATE 32 oddness [solved]
Lol, quickest solved ever on this forums. You owe yourself a beer :)
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Re: lightdm and MATE 32 oddness [solved]
i've already had a few, probably what caused it !! cheers!