On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:27:07PM -0500, william moss wrote:

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> >
> > I have the same problem running Debian Jessie on my laptop. A few
> > months ago all these items became greyed out and inoperative. Pressing
> > the power button, though, instead of just turning off the power,
> > started a proper shutdown.
> >
> > -- hendrik
>
> Try wdm.
> WINGs Display Manager
> Not sure if its still available for Debian, I compile from source on
> FreeBSD and would also do so on Debian but lightdm on wheezy seems to be
> fine.

I can confirm wdm is still in Debian (I have been using it since "new"
GDM became so large to require a few dozens other packages to run
properly, around 7 or 8 years ago). It just works.

HND

KatolaZ

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