Re: GDM dropped support for running X11 sessions in F42 without a Change?

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On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 08:01:02AM +0000, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
...snip...
> 
> Two options have been floated:
> - a separate gdm-x11 package: certainly an option, but a bit of work,
>   and upstream might drop the X11 code anyway.

I think thats a 's/might/will' ie, they are definitely saying they will.

> - switching to a different login manager. I think this option is better
>   and has better long-term prospects. Folks who use X11 should make
>   a recommendation what to switch to.

If you want a gnome X11 session, you can use lightdm or the like, but
note that some functionality may be missing if you do. In particular in
the past (but I have not tested at all recently), screen locking may not
work (since it depended on the 'gdm' session being there).

kevin
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