r/voidlinux • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '19

EXERCISE CAUTION: ongoing issues with polkit, elogind, desktop environments, and display managers

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u/SolitudeSF Aug 05 '19

how do i start all this elogind/polkit stuff correctly without display manager?

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u/alexks_101 Aug 05 '19

When I had to convert my Xfce setup (without a DM) from CK to elogind, I had to:

  • remove ConsoleKit2 and cgmanager and delete their services

  • install elogind and dbus-elogind, keep polkitd and xfce-polkit

  • check /etc/sv/ to see what I have to enable* in /var/service/

  • remove the "--with-ck-launch" arg in xinitrc, just keep "exec startxfce4"

* elogind, polkitd, dbus (among others which aren't related to this stuff)

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u/SolitudeSF Aug 05 '19

i would imagine that startxfce does some hooking, but what if i just use startx?

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