On Saturday 14 July 2018 14:38:56 Stefan Krusche wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 4. Juli 2018 schrieb Nick Koretsky: > > Ok, this looks normal. At this point if you want to track down the bug, i > > suggest following: > > > > Force reinstall tdm-trinity (unless you clean apt-cache the package is > > in /var/cache/apt/archives, just dpkg -i the last version. > > Okay, I tested that. Here are the results: > > Summary: > Installing either slim or tdm-trinity overwrites the default display > manager to /usr/bin/slim not depending on the way I changed default dm, > manually or with dpkg-reconfigure. > > Note: dpkg-reconfigure slim says: > Please be sure to run "dpkg --configure tdm-trinity". > > But also after doing so, the faulty behavior persists. See below. > > So, I should create a bug report in trinity bugzilla, I think. > > Kind regards, > Stefan > > Test results: > > Reinstalling tdm-trinity: > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /opt/trinity/bin/tdm > > $ sudo dpkg -i tdm-trinity_4%3a14.0.5~pre42-0debian9.0.0+6_amd64.deb > (Reading database ... 156996 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack tdm-trinity_4%3a14.0.5~pre42-0debian9.0.0+6_amd64.deb > ... Unpacking tdm-trinity (4:14.0.5~pre42-0debian9.0.0+6) over > (4:14.0.5~pre42-0debian9.0.0+6) ... > Setting up tdm-trinity (4:14.0.5~pre42-0debian9.0.0+6) ... > Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... > > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /usr/bin/slim > > Result: The default display manager got changed to slim again. > > $ sudo dpkg -i slim_1.3.6-5.1+devuan2_amd64.deb > (Reading database ... 156996 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack slim_1.3.6-5.1+devuan2_amd64.deb ... > Unpacking slim (1.3.6-5.1+devuan2) over (1.3.6-5.1+devuan2) ... > Setting up slim (1.3.6-5.1+devuan2) ... > update-alternatives: using /usr/share/slim/themes/default to > provide /usr/share/slim/themes/desktop-slim-theme (desktop-slim-theme) in > auto mode > [ ok ] Reloading system message bus config...done. > Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... > > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /usr/bin/slim > > Result: default display manager is slim as before > > Reinstalling tdm-trinity -- /etc/X11/default-display-manager not changed: > $ sudo dpkg -i tdm-trinity_4%3a14.0.5~pre42-0debian9.0.0+6_amd64.deb > [...] (same as above) > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /usr/bin/slim > > (Manually) changed /etc/X11/default-display-manager back to tdm-trinity > > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /opt/trinity/bin/tdm > > and reinstalled slim: > $ sudo dpkg -i slim_1.3.6-5.1+devuan2_amd64.deb > [...] (same as above) > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /usr/bin/slim > > Result: installing slim changed default display manager to slim ! > > $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tdm-trinity > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /opt/trinity/bin/tdm > > $ sudo dpkg -i tdm-trinity_4%3a14.0.5~pre42-0debian9.0.0+6_amd64.deb > [...] (same as above) > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /usr/bin/slim > > $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure slim > Please be sure to run "dpkg --configure tdm-trinity". > [ ok ] Reloading system message bus config...done. > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /opt/trinity/bin/tdm > > $ sudo dpkg -i tdm-trinity_4%3a14.0.5~pre42-0debian9.0.0+6_amd64.deb > [...] (same as above) > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /usr/bin/slim > > $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure slim > Please be sure to run "dpkg --configure tdm-trinity". > [ ok ] Reloading system message bus config...done. > $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tdm-trinity > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /opt/trinity/bin/tdm > > $ sudo dpkg -i tdm-trinity_4%3a14.0.5~pre42-0debian9.0.0+6_amd64.deb > [...] (same as above) > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /usr/bin/slim > > $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure slim > Please be sure to run "dpkg --configure tdm-trinity". > [ ok ] Reloading system message bus config...done. > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /opt/trinity/bin/tdm > > $ sudo dpkg -i slim_1.3.6-5.1+devuan2_amd64.deb > [...] (same as above) > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager > /usr/bin/slim From these details, I assume that you are running Devuan. I was just about to write something about similar problems that I have had over the past week or ten days. When I run apt-get dist-upgrade (running Devuan), it installs slim and xfce (neither of which I want), as well as libreoffice packages (which I also don't want, as I prefer OpenOffice). When I tried to get rid of these items and reinstall only OpenOffice and tdm-trinity as my default dm, I ended up with a system that booted, then halted at a login prompt; I tried to login, but neither user nor root logins worked, and I couldn't boot into failsafe or anything else that worked. On the whole, Devuan runs much faster than Debian, and also my system doesn't hang. I started having these and other problems, and returned for the moment to Debian Jessie, which runs okay, but hangs a lot, and when I try to reboot seems to get permanently stuck on some stuff called rpcbind and watchdog. (Also I note that systemd is always doing something, don't know what.) I am contemplating some kind of FrankenDebian hack (or rather, FrankenDevuan). I seem to recall that somebody mentioned that sysvinit could be installed, and systemd purged, on a Debian system. The do upgrades from the Debian repositories, but keep sysvinit and avoid the systemd problems. Any ideas, guys? Bill