[oe] GDM alternative?

[Stephen Arnold]

It's a bit more subtle than just "obvious advantage" since the deps are
different, config options are different, etc.  Slim is probably "lighter"
than lxdm, in both features and dependency bloat.  The former pretty
depends only on X11 libs and png (with optional pam and dbus/consolekit
integration).  OTOH, lxdm has about the same pam/consolekit features, but
depends on gtk[2|3].  So, a bit fancier and a little more bloat.  Which one
do you think is easier to theme?  ;)


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Adam Lee <adam at gumstix.com> wrote:

> Are there any obvious advantages over one another between LXDM and Slim?
> I love how LXDM doesn't require complicated authentication framework like
> GDM.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Stephen Arnold
> <stephen.arnold42 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Is there any interest in reviving slim?  I'm using it on gentoo-arm on
> > several devices; works just like x86.  Since I haven't tried it or
> > otherwise looked at it in oe yet, I have no idea why it's in a
> non-working
> > state.  That said, it was on my todo list until I noticed lxdm, so I'll
> > probably check it out at some point; never a bad idea to have another
> > lightweight alternative...
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Adam Lee <adam.yh.lee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Andreas, LXDM from meta-oe works well with minimal configuration on my
> > part
> > > :)
> > > I didn't have to add another layer to satisfy dependencies. Thanks :)
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Andreas Müller <
> > > schnitzeltony at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Adam Lee <adam.yh.lee at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > Thank you Koen and Andreas. That has been really helped in clearing
> > up
> > > my
> > > > > confusion and setting the path forward.
> > > > >
> > > > > I think I will try LXDM in meta-misc in meta-oe. Is there any
> special
> > > > > configuration that I should be aware of (other then setting it as
> the
> > > > > graphical init manager)?
> > > >
> > > > meta-misc is my personal playground - it might have dependencies to
> > > > other layers and some things might not work as expected...
> > > >
> > > > Andreas
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