[Bug 1849886] [NEW] lightdm does not work on eoan on raspberry pi 4

[Kenneth Zadeck]

Public bug reported:

if you follow the directions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

about 20% thru the installation it will ask which window manager you want (using dpkg-reconfigure).
if you select lightdm, you will only get a blank greeter screen after you reboot.

using sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3

resets this to gdm3 and after a reboot, everything is fine.

this was done on a clean armhf eoan install on a 4gb raspberry pi 4B.

I have done the install several times.   This bug is repeatable.

** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  lightdm does not work on eoan on raspberry pi 4

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  if you follow the directions on
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi

  sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

  about 20% thru the installation it will ask which window manager you want (using dpkg-reconfigure).
  if you select lightdm, you will only get a blank greeter screen after you reboot.

  using sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3

  resets this to gdm3 and after a reboot, everything is fine.

  this was done on a clean armhf eoan install on a 4gb raspberry pi 4B.

  I have done the install several times.   This bug is repeatable.

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