[LightDM] LightDM without X

[Robert Ancell]

Hi Adrian,

LightDM doesn't depend on X and you can have a Wayland based greeter.

If you install the greeter .desktop file into /usr/share/lightdm/greeters
and set X-LightDM-Session-Type=wayland LightDM will launch this greeter
without an X server.

Hope this helps!
--Robert

On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 at 09:34, Adrian Vovk <adrianvovk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm in the process of making my own distro & DE, and I need a login
> manager. My OS *does not* include XOrg at all, except for XWayland. Does
> LightDM have the ability to run the greeter on Wayland without starting
> XOrg? The documentation doesn't mention the ability to run without X11 (nor
> does it seem to mention that X11 is required for that matter), and it seems
> that X is a dependency of LightDM. If LightDM didn't require X, the greeter
> itself could be a Wayland compositor that LightDM starts and interacts
> with. Is this supported/planned in any way?
>
> Thank you,
> Adrian Vovk
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