Nicolas George (12025-01-30): > So, in short, and in reverse order: > > With gdm3, users are logged into the kind of session they used last. > > With lightdm with users list, same. > > With lighdm and the default config of hidden users list, users are > logged into the kind of session chosen by the last person who chose one. > > The behavior of lighdm without users list seems invalid. Do you agree? I > want to check before submitting a bug report.
I have tried all the display managers listed in this page: <https://wiki.debian.org/DisplayManager> - lightdm does not take `~/.dmrc` into consideration unless users list is shown; - sddm, slim, wdm do not take `~/.dmrc` into consideration at all; - xdm does not take `~/.dmrc` into consideration and does not let users choose; - gdm3 uses some kind of windows-like registry for its configuration and the documented way to disable the users list <https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/login-userlist-disable.html.en> has no effect; - lxdm is not in Trixie. I want a display manager that (1) does not try to display a list of users, there are thousands; (2) lets users choose their session type, remembers the choice and takes it into account; (3) has a eye button to see the password being typed. It seems (1)+(2) are too much to ask, except for Gnome where just (1) is too much ask. I know how to work around the lack of (2), but it is ugly. Regards, -- Nicolas George
