There has been a refactoring of the old 'xdm' init script into a new
script called 'display-manager', provided by a new package that will
be introduced by your @world update routine as a dependency of
x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10-r1:
gui-libs/display-manager-init
The package is now in ~arch and will be available to stable users starting with 2nd March 2021. [1]
Its purpose is to provide the same startup mechanism for your chosen display manager (like GDM, SDDM etc. [2]) as xdm did previously, but without depending on x11-base/xorg-server. This is necessary to support new DMs that no longer depend on Xorg.
Existing settings from /etc/conf.d/xdm will be migrated to new /etc/conf.d/display-manager config, however after installation it is vital not to forget to run either `etc-update` or `dispatch-conf`. Afterwards check that /etc/conf.d/display-manager contains the desired value for DISPLAYMANAGER.
The old 'xdm' init script is no longer supported and henceforth removed from x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10-r1, so it is imperative that you switch from xdm to display-manager service in default runlevel:
# rc-update del xdm default # rc-update add display-manager default
The changes are complete and on the next reboot, 'display-manager' will start your chosen DM.
To switch to the new script without rebooting, run the following commands in a tty:
# rc-service xdm stop # rc-service display-manager start
Finally, the following action is necessary *ONLY* if you are running a) a DM (and rest of system) without Xorg b) a DM from an overlay, to make sure display-manager persists
# emerge --noreplace gui-libs/display-manager-init
[1] To make this change *now*, and proceed with this news item already, stable users would need to add the following entries to /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords [3] and update @world:
~sys-apps/sysvinit-2.98 ~x11-apps/xinit-1.4.1 ~x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10 ~gui-libs/display-manager-init-1.0
[2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Display_manager [3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.accept_keywords
gui-libs/display-manager-init
The package is now in ~arch and will be available to stable users starting with 2nd March 2021. [1]
Its purpose is to provide the same startup mechanism for your chosen display manager (like GDM, SDDM etc. [2]) as xdm did previously, but without depending on x11-base/xorg-server. This is necessary to support new DMs that no longer depend on Xorg.
Existing settings from /etc/conf.d/xdm will be migrated to new /etc/conf.d/display-manager config, however after installation it is vital not to forget to run either `etc-update` or `dispatch-conf`. Afterwards check that /etc/conf.d/display-manager contains the desired value for DISPLAYMANAGER.
The old 'xdm' init script is no longer supported and henceforth removed from x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10-r1, so it is imperative that you switch from xdm to display-manager service in default runlevel:
# rc-update del xdm default # rc-update add display-manager default
The changes are complete and on the next reboot, 'display-manager' will start your chosen DM.
To switch to the new script without rebooting, run the following commands in a tty:
# rc-service xdm stop # rc-service display-manager start
Finally, the following action is necessary *ONLY* if you are running a) a DM (and rest of system) without Xorg b) a DM from an overlay, to make sure display-manager persists
# emerge --noreplace gui-libs/display-manager-init
[1] To make this change *now*, and proceed with this news item already, stable users would need to add the following entries to /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords [3] and update @world:
~sys-apps/sysvinit-2.98 ~x11-apps/xinit-1.4.1 ~x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.10 ~gui-libs/display-manager-init-1.0
[2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Display_manager [3] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/package.accept_keywords