Other Is `desktop-installer` broken on fbsd 15?

Late in your list is an option to enable SDDM login, well after you select it . . . that doesn't sound familiar, I don't think I get that. I'm going to run it again (another day) and compare my list to your list.
 
l008com said:
Late in your list is an option to enable SDDM login, well after you select it . . . that doesn't sound familiar, I don't think I get that. I'm going to run it again (another day) and compare my list to your list.
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perhaps the problem lies between the following options:

Code: 
select option 14 XFCE4 Lightweight Desktop
select no to scan for additional sound devices
then xorg should be installed at this point.
select yes to reconfigure X11 and desktop
select option 2 SDDM to the display manager selection question
select yes to the guided graphics driver selection (not necessary with VirtualBox)
select no to forward X11 display to other hosts over ssh
select no to trust all forwarded X11 hosts
select no to accept forwarded X11 display from other hosts over ssh
select yes to enable SDDM graphical login

my guess is the prompt to reconfigure X11 and desktop (y/n) [y]
you should be sure that xorg package is installed earlier in the process.

let us know how it goes. I hope that it works for you this time.
 
I haven't gotten around to testing this yet.

However I do have a new question. In SDDM login page, there is a menu where you choose your session. Only one of the three actually gets you in to a working Xfce4 desktop. So to avoid accidental problems in the future, is there a way to either edit the contents of that menu, or hide the menu, or both?
 
l008com said:
I haven't gotten around to testing this yet.

However I do have a new question. In SDDM login page, there is a menu where you choose your session. Only one of the three actually gets you in to a working Xfce4 desktop. So to avoid accidental problems in the future, is there a way to either edit the contents of that menu, or hide the menu, or both?
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I think that you want to edit the list of available Desktop Environments when sddm starts, is this correct?
please keep in mind, before we explore this topic, that removing unwanted desktop environments using a package manager is far better than pretending that it isn't there. I recommend pkg remove command

if you really wish to pretend that a DE isn't installed, then deleting the .desktop file in the xsessions folder should remove it from sddm available DEs list. In such a case, i recommend that you copy the .desktop file somewhere on your hdd as a backup (oops i want it back moment), then delete the .desktop file as root or as a user with root privileges (su, doas, sudo).

nota bene: please ignore all of the above if you only have one DE installed. In that case, what in the world have you done to create more than two entries? I hope that you mean default session (X11 with TWM), XFCE Session (X11) and XFCE Session (Wayland). I would not recommend removing default X11 for admin purposes.

.desktop file locations:
/usr/local/share/xsessions
/usr/local/share/wayland-sessions/

example using doas:
doas rm /usr/local/share/wayland-sessions/xfce-wayland.desktop

is this what you want to do? it works for me in Debian (i have Gnome, KDE Plasma and XFCE 4.20 and i removed the xfce-wayland .desktop file).

I hope that this helps you and let us know if you iron out the desktop-installer wrinkles
 
I never really got around to following up here. But I did decide to reconsider KDE instead for unrelated reasons.
And in installing KDE, it appears SDDM *is* installed, `desktop-installer` never asks or gives me a choice of that vs XDM, AND the installer does not enable it, so you still have to edit rc.conf to get it working after install. But once you do that, it DOES look great so i dunno. Just a little bit of that freebsd weirdness that I'm finding scattered around.
 
well what matters is that you have sddm working with the DE of your choice. If you're happy, then i am happy for you. :)

I am not a fan of KDE or Gnome but i have both of them installed in my Debian Linux system. I have only used them once and for configuration purposes. I prefer XFCE. When i use Gnome or KDE, i understand why so many FreeBSD users prefer only a WM. Both of those DEs are a bit too much like Windows to me.

well, i didn't intend to make this a post about my preferences. oops! sorry. I just started thinking about KDE and i lost the path.

Happy for you l008com
 
KDE by default feels very windows-ey. But with just a few quick customizations, now it feels very Mac-ey to me, which is all I really need.
 
I was having issues with it as well that I couldn't quite figure out as well, but assume it was my own doing. I had SDDM but apparently the script did not add a user despite me using the adduser prompt. So I eventually just did it manually but will be giving it another go next thnkpad purchase
 
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