On Fri 09 Dec 2022 at 15:22:23 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 01:57:44PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > You and I presumably run our systems with multi-user as the final^H^H^H^H^H default > > target. I think the OP had graphical instead, but hadn't installed > > a DM. > > I didn't change the default target. > > unicorn:~$ systemctl get-default > graphical.target > > In the absence of a DM package of any kind, it gives me a getty/login > prompt on tty1. It's never failed yet, so I've never had to dive deeply > into how it actually works.
You're right. I does appear that the postinst script of the DM is what creates the symlink in /etc/to trigger the DM. > > but as the OP appears to have had UEFI/BIOS issues, that might mean > > that the d-i failed in a manner we haven't been told about. … and I'd forgotten about the small matter of their lacking the home partition. > Yeah. And if the whole system has been wiped and reinstalled, I doubt > we'll ever learn the answer. Agreed. Cheers, David.