/etc/default/nodm and lightDM seem to be misbehaving...

[jimmer]

Hey All,

 

First, a big thank you to Igor and all who work hard to get armbian out to the masses

 

Second, setting

 

NODM_ENABLED=false
NODM_USER=some_user

 

in /etc/default/nodm as per the instructions here:

 

http://www.armbian.com/documentation/   - section 'How to login?'

 

doesn't seem to work for me on my cubox i4pro.

 

I turns out that /etc/default/nodm gets overwritten with the default root values on each boot. This causes lightDM to misbehave and bugger up the Xserver. I see Xcursor drawing artefacts and the LightDM UI widgets poke through into the root autologin desktop.

 

Even without lightDM installed and /etc/default/nodm set as follows:

 

NODM_ENABLED=true
NODM_USER=some_user

 

I can't autoboot into some_user's account. Yes, I've created /home/some_user

 

What obvious thing am I missing?

 

J

[Igor]

I would say you have to uninstall one display manager. nodm is in conflict with lightdm and vice versa. AFAIK.

 

Thanks! 

[jimmer]

Ah, yes of course. Like I said, it had to be something 'obvious'

 

Removed the nodm package and things are working a treat now.

 

Thanks!