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diff --git a/content/blog/2022-10-30-linux-display-manager.md b/content/blog/2022-10-30-linux-display-manager.md deleted file mode 100644 index b1d9417..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2022-10-30-linux-display-manager.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -+++ -date = 2022-10-30 -title = "How to Disable or Change the Display Manager on Void Linux" -description = "Learn how to remove or modify the display manager on Void Linux." -+++ - -## Display Manager Services - -In order to change the [display -manager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_manager) on Void Linux - -or any other Linux distro - you need to identify the currently enabled -display manager. - -### Disabling the Current Display Manager - -Void Linux only has one ISO available for download with a pre-built -display manager at the time of this post: the XFCE ISO. If you've -installed this version, the pre-assigned display manager is -`lxdm`. If you installed another display manager, replace -`lxdm` in the following command with the display manager you -have installed. - -To disable `lxdm`, simply remove the service symlink: - -```sh -sudo rm /var/service/lxdm -``` - -### Enabling a New Display Manager - -If you want to enable a new display manager, you can do so after -`lxdm` is disabled. Make sure to replace -`<new_display_manager>` with your new DM, such as -`gdm`, `xdm`, etc. - -```sh -sudo ln -s /etc/sv/<new_display_manager> /var/service -``` - -## Set Up `.xinitrc` - -Depending on your setup, you may need to create a few X files, such as -`~/.xinitrc`. For my personal set-up, I created this file to -launch the i3wm as my desktop. - -```sh -nano ~/.xinitrc -``` - -```sh -#!/bin/sh - -exec i3 -``` - -If you run a desktop other than i3, simply replace `i3` with -the shell command that launches that desktop. - -## Set Up Your Shell Profile - -Finally, in order to automatically launch an X session upon login, you -will need to edit the `.bash_profile` (bash) or -`.zprofile` (zsh) files for your shell: - -```sh -nano ~/.zprofile -``` - -Add the following snippet to the end of the shell profile file. This -will execute the `startx` command upon login. - -```sh -if [ -z "${DISPLAY}" ] && [ "${XDG_VTNR}" -eq 1 ]; then - exec startx -fi -``` - -Alternatively, you can ignore this step and simply choose to manually -execute `startx` upon login. This can be useful if you have -issues with your desktop or like to manually launch different desktops -by choice. |