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 ==== Display Manager ====
-To boot to a graphical display manager, install the '''displaymanager-openrc''' package, enable the '''xdm''' service, and edit the ''/etc/conf.d/xdm'' file to specify your display manager. For example, to use '''lightdm''', change the line
+To boot to a graphical display manager, the '''displaymanager-openrc''' package can be installed.
+After installing it, edit ''/etc/conf.d/xdm'' to specify your display manager.
+For example, to use '''lightdm''', change the line:
   DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm"
 to
   DISPLAYMANAGER="lightdm"
+Finally the '''xdm''' service can be added to default runlevel:
+ sudo rc-update add xdm
 '''Note:'''
-''lightdm'' and a ''lightdm-greeter'' should be installed to use lightdm as display manager. A guide is available on the [https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=21386.0 forums].
+''lightdm'' and a ''lightdm-greeter'' (like ''lightdm-gtk-greeter'') should be installed to use lightdm as display manager. A guide is available on the [https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=21386.0 forums].
 An alternative to ''lightdm'' that I find simpler is [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXDM LXDM]. However the version in the repos does not automatically start a ck-session on login; alternative [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lxdm-consolekit/ lxdm-consolekit] from the [[AUR]] can be used.