[arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

[Eli Schwartz]

On 11/26/2017 03:31 PM, Alan E. Davis via arch-general wrote:
> Thank you for the tips.
> 
> I am able to run either i3 or xfce4 through startx.  Not gnome.  GDM will
> not work.  I have made another account.  I cannot start GDM as root, nor
> run Gnome through startx/.xinitrc, as root.  For now, I am abandoning my
> experiment with Gnome on this machine.  I will also try cinnamon or mate,
> perhaps enlightenment, and check where that ends up.  I wonder whether it's
> related to Wayland, which I don't understand.  The inability to boot up a
> DM is a concern.  Thank you for your thoughts.  You got me to thinking
> about my commitment to Free Software.  I will re-double my vigilance
> against dependence on non-free infrastructure of any kind.
> 
> [The following is a probably excessive personal account of my problems and
> experiences with Non-Free vs Free Software.  I hope they don't amount to
> excuse-making for my slide down the slippery slope.  I apologize for this
> lengthy read.]
[...]

FWIW, the last time I tried running ADE through wine it worked
flawlessly. Although that was a while ago as I try to avoid Adobe
products when possible (at least Amazon manages to be user-friendly
while aiding and abetting the industry standard Digital Restrictions
Management ;)).

But it is worth noting that you should always use the earlier ADE
releases, as ADE 3 and on allow vendors to enable even more
highly-restricted-than-before DRM schemes and incidentally break E-Ink
device compatibility in the process (which is quite sad even for their
perspective).

ADE 1.7 has always worked quite well in wine, and is available via
winetricks.

-- 
Eli Schwartz

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