Suggestions to make ly login manager work
On an up to date alpine release 3.19.0 I downloaded: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/ly-0.6.0-r1.apk http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/ly-openrc-0.6.0-r1.apk
INSTALL:
apk -i add --allow-untrusted ly-0.6.0-r1.apk ly-openrc-0.6.0-r1.apk
USE:
disable existing lightdm login manager (rc-update del lightdm default)
rc-service ly start
attempt login, get error:
Error BEFORE /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config file created: [ 182.884] (--) controlling tty is VT number 7, auto-enabling KeepTty [ 182.885] (EE) Fatal server error: [ 182.885] (EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 7 (Permission denied) [ 182.885] (EE) [ 182.885] (EE)
research this and determine /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config is needed.
FIX:
create /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config: needs_root_rights = yes
also note changes needed to /etc/ly/config.ini:
shutdown_cmd = /sbin/poweroff
restart_cmd = /sbin/reboot
tty = 7
USE AFTER FIX:
rc-update add ly default
all works- can login with no difference from lightdm login
F1 and F2 poweroff and reboot work