[nmglug] No GUI desktop=added info

[Ted Pomeroy]

NMGLugers, Well I am listening. And did find a few tips on using 'dpkg
--re-configure ldm' for instance. BUT as a still Ubuntu-coaching, but
writing from a Debian Stretch install, by the way, I was afraid of getting
into a mess over this. My current guess is that the original ___dm, maybe
kdm, has been put out of order with some desktop switching and updating and
such. If not caught right away it is difficult to un-do all the settings
that have been "re-set to see if that would help" ... At a point when it
gets beyond me I use a live disk/usb to access and copy my files and
prepare for a fresh install. You certainly can find your files via a
terminal, but a live os makes it easier to sort and copy for us "Buntus."
Having a time and health constraint make the decision-making difficult. I
really am a hobbyist and cannot do professional IT consults. I do prefer
face to face talks and a look at what I am up against. Alas I have the flu
and am not in a position to add much more at this time, especially with a
time constraint. Thank you, Ted P., Ubuntoid but by the seat of my pants.

On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 4:09 PM, <s at mnoble.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 02:39:50PM -0600, okeefe at cybermesa.com wrote:
> > Thanks Sam. I'm increasingly flumoxed. Are you available for paid work?
> > Seriously because....
> Let's not cross that bridge yet, I think you may be pretty close.
>
> > The Ubuntoids have not responded at all.
> Boo hiss.
>
> > > I guess we skipped the part where you tell us if your using startx
> > > intentially, or if it's something you started doing becouse your DM is
> > > broken?
> > Broken DM
> OK cool so let's pick a DM and get it working. We can ignore the video
> group permissions etc. Sounds like lightdm is currently installed and
> 'working' we'll just poke at it's settings.
>
> > So I just installed xubuntu-desktop and here're the results.......
> > Kubuntu throbbing on black screen.  It disappears then.....nothing. Go
> > to tty1 and have login prompt. Login as ubuntu (me) then $lightdm.
> > XFCE desktop appears with ubuntuguest as user.
> Apparently lightdm defaults this way. See links below.
>
> > I've googled this until I'm blue in the face.
> Here's some relevant stuff you may have bumped into:
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/62564/how-do-i-disable-the-guest-session#
> 62566
> Which lead me here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LightDM
>
> I think we should try this one:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LightDM#Allow_Manual_Login
> Edit the lightdm config file probably /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf but if
> that's not seeming to take effect note the list of cascading conf files
> from the top of that page.
> To include:
> [SeatDefaults]
> greeter-show-manual-login=true
>
> also note the info at the top of that page about later versions of
> lightdm changing the syntax from SeatDefaults to Seat:*
>
> After each change you try do:
> $sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm restart
>
> If I'm guessing right. That should get you a lightdm login page. And
> hopefully actually logging in will work from there. If not we're
> probably back to Ted's idea that there's some setting in your user
> account. We can probably traack it down with logs or something. Maybe
> /var/log/lightdm
>
> --
> sam
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