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-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.