pkg install lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings
sysrc lightdm_enable=YES
If you use GDM hit F1 on the login screen. Then you can choose which desktop environment you want to start.Yes, but LXDE it does not start after DM, but it starts Gnome3.
...does this mean it worked?Users F1 don't need.
Yes, but LXDE it does not start after DM, but it starts Gnome3.
pw usermod charlie -G wheel,operator,video
exit
id
command to view the user's active groups from the LXDE terminal. su
and enter the root password, now you can run the preferred commands to manage the system, you can even open a file manager from the terminal.Don't useadd the wheel, operator, and video groups to the user:
pw usermod
for this. The -G
option replaces all secondary groups of that user. pw usermod charlie -G wheel,operator,video
replaces all existing secondary groups of that user with wheel, operator and video. Any existing secondary group this user was a member of will get removed. Use pw groupmod
to add a user to a group. pw groupmod wheel -m charlie
pw groupmod operator -m charlie
pw groupmod video -m charlie
greeter-show-manual-login=true
in /usr/local/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, and type root on the session screen. I'm answering this from my phone and I haven't tried it. Restart Lightdm to take the changes.