21 Oct
2019
21 Oct
'19
6:44 a.m.
On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 8:00 AM deloptes
<deloptes(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> > Just decided to let my Debian 10 update, which it did. Next reboot I
> > got greeted by xfce's login screen (I had installed Debian with xfce),
>
> managed
> > to find my way back into TDE running the usuall dpkg-reconfigure
> > lightdm.
> >
> > However I was wondering: if I remove lightdm, what will happen next
> > update?
>
> Looks like last installed is last configured. If you remove it it should
> stay with TDM. It is basically changing links in the background that
> point to the one that is assumed as default or selected AFAIR.
On Monday 21 October 2019 07:12:29 am Pisini, John wrote:
A dist upgrade may reinstall it at some point if you
have the space just
leave it installed and use the dpkg-reconfigure lightdm thing you have been
doing.
I had something similar with CentOS6 6-8 years back. [Auto login pass
through?*] was seeming randomly flipping back to Gnome. I finally tracked
it down to I had not specifically set a default desktop to use in that first
select a user/desktop screen. Like you, when it happened, it only happened
after an update.
* Got no clue what that’s really called.
Worth a shot checking, but as others have said, might just be Debian/Gnome
deciding what’s “best for you.”
Best,
Michael
PS: John, please don’t top post :)