Give a better error message when no greeter found
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Description
I installed lightdm in arch.
I got the cryptic error "exit-code" because no greeter was installed
I suggest a more helpful error like "Error. No greeter found. On some distributions a greeter needs to be installed separately."
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is identified in the issue. Start by locating where LightDM reports the cryptic "exit-code" when no greeter is installed, then verify that the resulting message explains that a greeter must be installed separately.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100