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.

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 8:00 AM deloptes <deloptes@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.





---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@lists.pearsoncomputing.net
For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@lists.pearsoncomputing.net
Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/
Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting



--

John Pisini

Systems Administrator

TFCCS

617-450-3988


Disclaimer for email:

The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. This email is not intended to, and shall not, constitute an electronic signature giving rise to a binding legal contract, unless expressly stated otherwise in the body of the email by the sender.