pkg install ghostbsd-mate
did the job!
Everythings seems to work as expected. (-:

Kudos to ghostbsd developers and thanks for all tips.

Sorry this was in a jail. root@axels-bsdbox:~ # ls -l /usr/local/etc/lightdm/ total 57 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1841 Nov 20 12:12 Xsession -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 40 Nov 20 12:07 keys.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 40 Nov 20 12:07 keys.conf.sample -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6679 Dec 6 21:48 lightdm.conf -...

Nothing related in logs.
Updated per update-station.

Remarkable:
# cd /usr/local/etc/lightdm
/usr/local/etc/lightdm: No such file or directory.

neville wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:49 pm?

No, no desktop. See attached screenshot.

It did not resolve the issue. Same error message at display and in auth.log During upgrade, I saw this: [586/599] Extracting slick-greeter-1.6.0_1: 100% :: Removing greeter configuration in /usr/local/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf :: Configure another greeter if you plan to keep using lightdm. :: #greete...

In /var/log/messages, I found: Nov 22 16:22:56 some-host pkg[2138]: libgnome-keyring-3.12.0_2 deinstalled [code] So I did: [code] pkg install libgnome-keyring [code] and rebooted. It did not help. Same error message. In /var/log/auth.log, I get: [code] Dec 6 18:19:33 some-host lightdm[1780]: gkr-pam...

After software update at 2023-11-22, I'm unable to login via GUI. I get the error message: Failed to start session [code] In /var/log/auth.log, I see: [code] Dec 6 16:17:24 some-host lightdm[1991]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file Dec 6 16:17:24 some-host lightdm[1991]: gkr-pam: stashed...

It does not say: 'wrong password', it just prompts for password again.
If I try to switch user, same happens with login panel.
Only workaround: login as root via ssh as root and reboot.

Hint: Keyboard in use is German.
Solution: Add and select German keyboard layout in settings->devices.

Hi all, This is my 1st post in GhostBSD. I have a background with FreeeBSD as server OS but no experience with X-Windows or BSD desktops. I have an outdated TrueOS installation on a dedicated SSD and want to replace it by a fresh GhostBSD 19.04. After booting from the CD, I expected something like t...