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archlinux light greeter error

A_problem:

I can’t start lightdm after i do fo this

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sudo pacman -Rns deepin plasma

that i can’t start my windows_manager’s manager!

Reason

Because something reliable be uninstalled, like deepin-dm, kde-dm, gnome-dm, plasma-dm etc.

display-manager be uninstall !

Other reason:/etc/systemd/system/display-manager already exist an cannot be rewrite.

such as sudo systemctl enable lightdm.

return: File /etc/systemc/system/display-manager.service already exists and is a symlink to /usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service

Sole

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sudo rm /etc/systemc/system/display-manager.service
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sudo systemctl enable lightdm
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sudo ls -1 /usr/share/xgreeters/

if it not exist, please install a lightdm-greeter first.

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sudo pacman -S lightdm-deepin-greeter

Last step:

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sudo nvim /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

change to :
greeter-session = lightdm-deepin-greeter

Done!