On Thu, 2022-03-24 at 20:22 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > Thanks Bill! I tried their approach, which taught me the > right way to achieve my goal. Absurdly simple; starting > with my boot screen rescaling and rotation tweaks in > /boot/grub/grub.cfg , I simply entered the commands: > > sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target > sudo update-grub > > The system now boots to a graphical login prompt. > No greeter, no mouse, no lightdm !!! > > I now log in using text mode, then type startx, and my > mate desktop appears in seconds. Or not; sometimes I > need to do system repair; text mode makes that easier. > > I will create a web page on my wiki.keithl.com website > describing how to do this Real Soon Now. > > ---- > > The text login approach also seems more secure. I can > imagine The Bad Guys creating a web page that looks just > like the generic mate-ubuntu login screen. If I type my > password into that, I'm /powned/. >
This maybe not concern of yours - but - the login screen does more than starting DE and logging you on. The first thing you may notice - your wallet/key-ring is not unlocked at login. -Tomas
