In MX 21.3 XFCE no matter what I choose in themes the log in box remains black

[duane]

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Snapshot created on: 20230920_0958
System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-25-amd64 [5.10.191-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-25-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower September 20  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 10AB000EUS v: ThinkCentre M93p serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: SHARKBAY v: 0B98401 WIN serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO v: FBKTA7AUS 
           date: 03/11/2015 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-4570T bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell 
           family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 28 cache: L2: 4 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 23146 
           Speed: 898 MHz min/max: 800/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 898 2: 898 3: 898 4: 898 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics 
           vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0412 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7") 
           diag: 604mm (23.8") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5 
           compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-25-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f080 
           bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153a class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 105 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl 
           port: 0580 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0895 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 11.61 GiB (5.2%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: A-Data model: SU630 size: 223.57 GiB block-size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4R24 
           scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 39.01 GiB size: 38.1 GiB (97.67%) used: 8.24 GiB (21.6%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7 
           ID-2: /home raw-size: 24.12 GiB size: 23.57 GiB (97.73%) used: 3.38 GiB (14.3%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2168 lib: 1146 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 209 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 866.8 MiB (5.5%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

I am pretty sure that in other versions when I change theming the login box changes color as well.

[CharlesV]

MX21 uses LIghtDM for its login window.

In the whisker Menu, type in light and look for LightDM GTK + Greeter. Then in the greeter settings you can change themes, icons, font, regular back ground color and what image you would like on the greeter. From what I have seen it is 100% independent upon what you do with your other themes and settings.

You may need to experiment a little with it to get what you like.

[j2mcgreg]

You haven't configured swap space and many of our packages expect it to be in place (even thought it may never be used) and you may get some odd behavior when it is absent.
You can add a swap file at ant time by following these directions:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/ ... -debian-11

[duane]

Thanks for your replies. I was beginning to think it might be in LightDM, but I didn't remember having to change it there in the past.
As for swap space not sure how I missed that when I first installed. This drive is much smaller than I normally use, it is the one that came with this machine.
I have had some strange issues with Calc lately. That could be the reason.
I will try your suggestions.