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Thank you. I’ll reinstall, end up with the same issues that I know can be resolved then come back here and ask for more. I understand it’s just easier to say reinstall. In my particular situation that is like fixing the problem or running away from it.

Hello. First off, please forgive me for not sharing hw/sw info. I probably could if needed but it be a picture of output on pc hassle.

After reconfiguring kernel settings which all seemed to work fine, I deleted old kernels,( saving the current and its previous version).
Upon reboot the grub ...

Stevo wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 12:26 am You might try that "startx" command that was suggested to get to a GUI, or a photo of the error messages on the screen if that's all that results.

I guess I just need to toss this old machine in the trash. All over a Light Display Manager. Sad really.

https://i.postimg.cc/Jtbh9MWp/007-FE375-D5-BA-4617-9-BE1-C6276-E325-A6-A.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/zyfXbhHQ/1-F1-D971-C-3-E4-A-4-FB6-94-AA-6-A19-F2-BE1-E3-B.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/FYnFjKjH/B0539-C8-C-C60-C-4353-BE38-EF93-F208-A72-F.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/WhwhJjWd/CB181-C1-E-AB47-4-B1-C ...

@siamhie what is SDDM and do I now need it? @DukeComposed I’m close to giving up and ridding myself of internet.your feedback is about as emotional and irrelevant as my comment of frustration.

This is stupido! What do I need to do?? All was working fine until I removed old and unused kernels then rebooted. That’s it!

No GNOME dependencies
Uses ?WebKit to render themes
Supports GTK and Qt
Highly customizable (simple gtk theme, unity theme in Ubuntu Precise)
LightDM was introduced in Wheezy. It's stable enough for use in the current Stable and Sid.

To install LightDM, install the lightdm package.

System-wide ...

Thank you but same result. See the pictures. What’s up with the warning gtk gnome? Seems that is at least part of the issue.

The latest up to date deb kernel. Per default the mx kernel is the general one that auto updates. I believe my system runs best with systmd.
Just trying to make this ole machine run best it can.