On 01/26/18 15:01, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 01/25/2018 07:54 PM, InvalidPath wrote:
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> Ok so tonight I tried enabling, and I had to manually rm or mv the existing
> display-manager.service file because enabling another DE would not overwrite it. I
> tried both SDDM and LightDM... neither of which would boot correctly, all got was
> a black screen with no mouse. Alt+F# would not work either. So I'm thinking she
> locked up tight as a drum.
First you disable the old DM, then enable the new one.
systemctl -f enable sddm
does what is needed. The "key" is the -f which means "force"
-f, --force
When used with enable, overwrite any existing conflicting symlinks.
FWIW, I had already given this command to the OP in a different thread.
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