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|    Rob H to Mike Easter    |
|    Re: Desktop sessions at login    |
|    12 Feb 23 18:49:06    |
      From: rob@despammer.com              On 12/02/2023 18:39, Mike Easter wrote:       > Mike Easter wrote:       >> If you just want to 'blindly' disable the choice, one method would be       >> to disable Wayland instead of disabling xorg.       >>       >> My understanding is that you can do that in       >>       >> /etc/gdm3/custom.conf       >>       >> WaylandEnable=false       >>       >> I'll experiment w/ a live Ub 22.04 and see.       >>       > I booted a live Ub 22.04 -- I don't like gnome :-/       >       > It did /NOT/ give me the menu; I logged out and back in, still no menu.       >       > I enabled the universe repo so I could add inxi and see inxi -G which       > said my graphics were xorg.       >       > So I looked into custom.conf as above and this is what my live showed       > (between //):       >       > //       > # GDM configuration storage       > #       > # See /usr/share/gdm/gdm.schemas for a list of available options.       >       > [daemon]       > # Uncomment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg       > WaylandEnable=false       >       > # Enabling automatic login       > AutomaticLoginEnable=true       > AutomaticLogin=ubuntu       >       > # Enabling timed login       > TimedLoginEnable=false       > # TimedLogin = user1       > # TimedLoginDelay = 10       >       > [security]       >       > [xdmcp]       >       > [chooser]       >       > [debug]       > # Uncomment the line below to turn on debugging       > # More verbose logs       > # Additionally lets the X server dump core if it crashes       > #Enable=true       > //       >       > So, in the live case, I didn't get a menu for two reasons; Wayland was       > disabled and automatic login was enabled.       >       >       In the Ubuntu machine there are no daemon headings.       All the headings are like this:               |
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