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   Message 133,184 of 134,474   
   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:   
      
      
      
   The version of Ubuntu is 22.04 LTS   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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