I was inspired to write this article by a YouTube user. I added the FreeBSD lxde Desktop video to YouTube a long time ago. And once when I went to my channel I saw a comment under my video. In which I was asked how to start lxde I advised through slim and now I am quick to set up slim here.
Simple Login Manager is a graphical display manager or login manager that is configured using the slim.conf file.
First, we will install slim and themes, install from packages or from ports without a difference, I will install from the package:
pkg install slim
pkg install slim-themes
To start slim with the system, write in /etc/rc.conf the configuration file is located in
/usr/local/etc/slim.conf
open it with an editor and look for the lines:
#default_user simone
default_user newuser #username
here you need to enter the username, then you will not need to enter the username every time you log in.
#auto_login no
auto_login yes
For automatic login without entering a password, we type yes
#current_theme default
curr ent_theme theme name
theme can be downloaded separately and edited by yourself, then place it in the directory
/usr/share/slim/themes
To start DE, you need to comment out the line, and if you need to add DE
sessions xfce4, icewm-session, wmaker, blackbox, lxde, openbox
After starting slim at the start of the system, you need to select a session, select the session using F1
All setup is complete.