Arch linux greeter without DM
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I'm using Arch Linux with i3wm with xinit which results in having tty1 as my "greeter".
I wanna know if there is any possibility to have a greeter, for instance, Deepin greeter at login prompt without having any display manager running. I am not sure if there is a way to call xinit before login and if that would solve the problem, but is there a way to achieve this?
login i3 display-manager xinit
edited Dec 16 at 16:56
jasonwryan
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I'm using Arch Linux with i3wm with xinit which results in having tty1 as my "greeter".
I wanna know if there is any possibility to have a greeter, for instance, Deepin greeter at login prompt without having any display manager running. I am not sure if there is a way to call xinit before login and if that would solve the problem, but is there a way to achieve this?
login i3 display-manager xinit
edited Dec 16 at 16:56
jasonwryan
49.1k14134184
asked Dec 16 at 15:55
Gabriel Ziegler
1062
From the arch wiki Deepin, it seems it's either started with xinit or it's using another DM like LightDM or GDM. What you call Deepin greeter is probably a theme around LightDM or GDM.
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 8:45
@Pierre-AlainTORET I see, the greeter is an inheritance from the DMs and Deepin just wrap a theme around it, right? So there is no apparent way to make this happen, right? Seems like I'd have to turn on a DM for the greeter and then off once I log in, which sounds completely awful
– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 16:08
I wouldn't say it's an inheritance, it's the DM itself. Its role is to display a greeter and start the appropriate window manager when you login. Why would you stop it after you logged in ?
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 16:38
I'd like to use onlyxinitas it feels to drain fewer resources than a DM do. Am I wrong?
– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 18:44
add a comment |
I'm using Arch Linux with i3wm with xinit which results in having tty1 as my "greeter".
I wanna know if there is any possibility to have a greeter, for instance, Deepin greeter at login prompt without having any display manager running. I am not sure if there is a way to call xinit before login and if that would solve the problem, but is there a way to achieve this?
login i3 display-manager xinit
edited Dec 16 at 16:56
jasonwryan
49.1k14134184
asked Dec 16 at 15:55
Gabriel Ziegler
1062
I'm using Arch Linux with i3wm with xinit which results in having tty1 as my "greeter".
I wanna know if there is any possibility to have a greeter, for instance, Deepin greeter at login prompt without having any display manager running. I am not sure if there is a way to call xinit before login and if that would solve the problem, but is there a way to achieve this?
login i3 display-manager xinit
login i3 display-manager xinit
edited Dec 16 at 16:56
jasonwryan
49.1k14134184
asked Dec 16 at 15:55
Gabriel Ziegler
1062
edited Dec 16 at 16:56
jasonwryan
49.1k14134184
asked Dec 16 at 15:55
Gabriel Ziegler
1062
edited Dec 16 at 16:56
jasonwryan
49.1k14134184
edited Dec 16 at 16:56
jasonwryan
49.1k14134184
edited Dec 16 at 16:56
jasonwryan
49.1k14134184
49.1k14134184
asked Dec 16 at 15:55
Gabriel Ziegler
1062
asked Dec 16 at 15:55
Gabriel Ziegler
1062
asked Dec 16 at 15:55
Gabriel Ziegler
1062
1062
From the arch wiki Deepin, it seems it's either started with xinit or it's using another DM like LightDM or GDM. What you call Deepin greeter is probably a theme around LightDM or GDM.
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 8:45
@Pierre-AlainTORET I see, the greeter is an inheritance from the DMs and Deepin just wrap a theme around it, right? So there is no apparent way to make this happen, right? Seems like I'd have to turn on a DM for the greeter and then off once I log in, which sounds completely awful
– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 16:08
I wouldn't say it's an inheritance, it's the DM itself. Its role is to display a greeter and start the appropriate window manager when you login. Why would you stop it after you logged in ?
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 16:38
I'd like to use onlyxinitas it feels to drain fewer resources than a DM do. Am I wrong?
– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 18:44
add a comment |
From the arch wiki Deepin, it seems it's either started with xinit or it's using another DM like LightDM or GDM. What you call Deepin greeter is probably a theme around LightDM or GDM.
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 8:45
@Pierre-AlainTORET I see, the greeter is an inheritance from the DMs and Deepin just wrap a theme around it, right? So there is no apparent way to make this happen, right? Seems like I'd have to turn on a DM for the greeter and then off once I log in, which sounds completely awful
– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 16:08
I wouldn't say it's an inheritance, it's the DM itself. Its role is to display a greeter and start the appropriate window manager when you login. Why would you stop it after you logged in ?
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 16:38
I'd like to use onlyxinitas it feels to drain fewer resources than a DM do. Am I wrong?
– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 18:44
From the arch wiki Deepin, it seems it's either started with xinit or it's using another DM like LightDM or GDM. What you call Deepin greeter is probably a theme around LightDM or GDM.
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 8:45
From the arch wiki Deepin, it seems it's either started with xinit or it's using another DM like LightDM or GDM. What you call Deepin greeter is probably a theme around LightDM or GDM.
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 8:45
@Pierre-AlainTORET I see, the greeter is an inheritance from the DMs and Deepin just wrap a theme around it, right? So there is no apparent way to make this happen, right? Seems like I'd have to turn on a DM for the greeter and then off once I log in, which sounds completely awful
– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 16:08
@Pierre-AlainTORET I see, the greeter is an inheritance from the DMs and Deepin just wrap a theme around it, right? So there is no apparent way to make this happen, right? Seems like I'd have to turn on a DM for the greeter and then off once I log in, which sounds completely awful
– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 16:08
I wouldn't say it's an inheritance, it's the DM itself. Its role is to display a greeter and start the appropriate window manager when you login. Why would you stop it after you logged in ?
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 16:38
I wouldn't say it's an inheritance, it's the DM itself. Its role is to display a greeter and start the appropriate window manager when you login. Why would you stop it after you logged in ?
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 16:38
I'd like to use only
xinit as it feels to drain fewer resources than a DM do. Am I wrong?– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 18:44
I'd like to use only
xinit as it feels to drain fewer resources than a DM do. Am I wrong?– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 18:44
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From the arch wiki Deepin, it seems it's either started with xinit or it's using another DM like LightDM or GDM. What you call Deepin greeter is probably a theme around LightDM or GDM.
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 8:45
@Pierre-AlainTORET I see, the greeter is an inheritance from the DMs and Deepin just wrap a theme around it, right? So there is no apparent way to make this happen, right? Seems like I'd have to turn on a DM for the greeter and then off once I log in, which sounds completely awful
– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 16:08
I wouldn't say it's an inheritance, it's the DM itself. Its role is to display a greeter and start the appropriate window manager when you login. Why would you stop it after you logged in ?
– Pierre-Alain TORET
Dec 17 at 16:38
I'd like to use only
xinitas it feels to drain fewer resources than a DM do. Am I wrong?– Gabriel Ziegler
Dec 17 at 18:44