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[SOLVED] Help... Missing my greeter and the desktop environment. (pawb.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Cornflake@pawb.social to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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I don't know how I ganked it. Was trying to screw with config stuff to set up MPD because I've never done it before. Now I turn on the machine and it is missing the ly greeter. Instead, I type in my username and password and it gives me a terminal. I have no idea what to do now. Got me considering the nuclear option (wave a white flag and install over this drive with Debian).

Help?

Edit: the ly display manager bit the dust for some reason. Just installed sddm and now I'm back in business!

Edit 2: Apparently ly just needed a new symlink because they changed something and the old one no longer works. Back to using my favorite display manager and using my computer as I usually do. Thanks for the help, folks! Y'all are great <3

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[–] Cornflake@pawb.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was reading this on the Wiki and I couldn't seem to get it to work. I did:

sudo systemctl enable ly@ttyX.service sudo systemctl disable getty@ttyX.service

But it didn't work. Was I supposed to substitute the X for a number? Instead I just installed sddm and that got me back up and running.

[–] gid@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, you substitute X with a number.

[–] Cornflake@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

This worked :]