Re: Display Manager for Hurd. xdm is OK, but looks old.

November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM, "Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez" <jl.alarcon@mai=
lo.com mailto:[email protected]?to=3D%22Jose%20Luis%20Alarcon%20Sanche=
z%22%20%3Cjl.alarcon%40mailo.com%3E > wrote:



>=20
>=20Hello.
>=20
>=20Are there any other display manager that work on Debian GNU/Hurd
> besides xdm?. xdm performs its function perfectly, but it looks
> aesthetically outdated.
>=20
>=20Thanks very much, in advance.

I personally just go old school and use startx:

https://gnucode.org/the-hurd-on-bare-metal-update.html

Take a look at the "Gotchas" section on that blog post.  I wish I'd have =
known that a while ago...

"If, /home or / are readonly, then X will refuse to start and will not te=
ll you why. So, my .bashrc has this in it:"

=20
>=20Regards.
> Jose Luis.
>=20
>=20--=20
>=20https://lordofunix.org/
>=20
>=20Not Registered GNU/Hurd User.
> Registered BSD User 51101.
> Registered Linux User #213309.
> Memories..... You are talking about memories.
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