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KisteBecks
September 26th, 2012, 08:43 PM
hi,

i tried to reset my lightdm configs with:


dpkg --force-all --purge lighdm
apt-get install lightdm
but now sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm wont do anything besides show the boot
messages on tty6. theres nothing on tty7.
theres also no error even if lightdm is started manually without the init scripts.
im currently running "x" with startx and gnome-terminal as first application in ~/.xinitrc.
any idea how i can get the problem solved so that i can login again normally?

cant even move windows around :(

Argenteus
September 27th, 2012, 03:38 AM
Try

dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
Also, did you misstype and mean sudo apt-get install? If not, try installing again with sudo, you need root access to install applications.

KisteBecks
September 27th, 2012, 06:10 AM
yes i do work with sudo when required, in this case i just didnt write it down.
sadly the reconfigure did not create a chance :(

this was missing:


/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
[SeatDefaults]
allow-guest=false
user-session=ubuntu
greeter-session=unity-greeter


quesiton: why did apt not install the file a second time after a purge?