Lutz Christoph
2015-Oct-05 17:31 UTC
[LightDM] Trying to install LightDM 1.16.3 on RHEL 7.0
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Robert Ancell
2015-Oct-05 20:00 UTC
[LightDM] Trying to install LightDM 1.16.3 on RHEL 7.0
Are you running LightDM as a user? It has to run as root. Normally it is started as a service (i.e. by systemd). On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 at 06:31 Lutz Christoph < lchristoph at extern.creativedata.de> wrote:> Hi! > > > It was no problem to configure/make/make install LightDM 1.16.3. But I'm > struggling to get it running. I've snarfed the systemd service definition > from the 1.6 RPMs I found, and that works. But lightdm exists after writing > this to STDERR (it appears in /var/log/messages, fortunately): > > > Failed to use bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager, do you have > appropriate permissions? > > > I tried strace-ing, but are only some binary messages being exchanged > before this, and I have no idea how to tackle this. I.e. I have not the > faintest about DBus. > > > Any ideas or hints how to proceed? > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards > > *Lupe Christoph* > im Auftrag von / on behalf of > *Creative Data AG* > - Standort Süddeutschland - > Otto-Lilienthal-Str. 36 > D-71034 Böblingen > > Mobil: +49 (0) 172 630 1004 > E-Mail: lchristoph at extern.creativedata.de > Web:www.creative-data.de > > Firmensitz: Robert-Bosch Str. 10 D-50769 Köln, Deutschland > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Köln, Registergericht Köln, HRB: 45125 Köln > Vorstand: Heinz Friebel, Aufsichtsratvorsitzender: Gerhard Böhm > _______________________________________________ > LightDM mailing list > LightDM at lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/lightdm >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/attachments/20151005/6ad43b1b/attachment.html>