sudo cp $DIRNAME/files/desktop-basic/etc/default/keyboard /etc/default/keyboard
sudo update-alternatives --set x-window-manager /usr/bin/ratpoison
+# Removing the dotfiles' version of .dmrc ensures that
+#
+# the default x-window-manager automatically starts. Otherwise we may end up
+# having lightdm unable to login automatically into ratpoison or even starting
+# the wrong window manager.
+rm -f $HOME/.dmrc
+
# Load qlx module during initramfs phase otherwise the X server might start
# before this module gets loaded, resulting in weird spice errors.
if ! grep -q qxl /etc/initramfs-tools/modules; then