#1107704 installation-reports: LightDM dows not start Wayland session, loops

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2025-06-12 11:09:23 UTC
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Boot method: USB
Image version: Trixie
Date: 2025-06-11 in the afternoon

Machine: Lenovo SL500
Partitions: wjl@oldlen:~$ df -Tl
Filesystem     Type     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev           devtmpfs    954416       0    954416   0% /dev
tmpfs          tmpfs       198600    1364    197236   1% /run
/dev/sda1      ext4      19404432 4595044  13798344  25% /
tmpfs          tmpfs       992988       0    992988   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs          tmpfs         5120       8      5112   1% /run/lock
tmpfs          tmpfs         1024       0      1024   0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs          tmpfs       992992      60    992932   1% /tmp
/dev/sda6      ext4     217643120  199004 206315644   1% /home
tmpfs          tmpfs         1024       0      1024   0% /run/credentials/getty@tty1.service
tmpfs          tmpfs       198596      80    198516   1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sdb1      exfat     61404288 9578496  51825792  16% /media/wjl/newDMstick


Base System Installation Checklist: O
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [O]
Detect network card:    [O]
Configure network:      [O]
Detect media:           [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Clock/timezone setup:   [O]
User/password setup:    [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Install tasks:          [O]
Install boot loader:    [O]
Overall install:        [O]

Comments/Problems:

Very nice overall impression, however LightDM didn't start any Wayland session, not with XFCE, not with LxQt, not with Gnome, not with Plasma.
Haven't tried any other session starter like GDM3 yet, haven't found any hints online/upstream on LightDM together with Wayland.
Minor issue for this older hardware which runs a normal X session just fine.
Love Trixie so far, very good work, and thanks to you all


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