From c1b52bbc0446ee39f465fbc6782a021424f8a74b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joachim Wiberg Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 09:05:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] contrib: debian: depending on the setup, a user may not need elogind I'm writing this in X started on a system running Finit v4.1-pre that does not have elogind installed. It does, however, still have systemd installed, so systemd-logind is available. Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg --- contrib/debian/README.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/debian/README.md b/contrib/debian/README.md index d901d4b4..d1bb6435 100644 --- a/contrib/debian/README.md +++ b/contrib/debian/README.md @@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ comands to `initctl`, followed by `reload` to activate your changes. You can also use a standard [/etc/rc.local](rc.local) for one-shot tasks and initialization like keyboard language etc. -If you want to use the X Window system, `sudo apt install elogind` -(Bullseye and later). Followed by `initctl reload` (enabled by default) -and logout/login again. The elogind daemon ensures a regular non-root -user can start and interact with an X session, otherwise keyboard and -mouse won't work. When you're happy, you can enable the lightdm.conf, -change the default runlevel to 3, and presto! you have a desktop again. +> **NOTE:** X Window system, you may need to `sudo apt install elogind` +> (Bullseye and later), followed by `initctl reload` to activate it (it +> is enabled by default), and logout/login again. The elogind daemon +> ensures a regular non-root user can start and interact with an X +> session, otherwise keyboard and mouse won't work. When you're happy, +> you can enable the lightdm.conf, change the default runlevel to 3, and +> presto! you have a desktop again. Have fun!