How do I set the default desktop environment on 18.04 (Bionic)?
I've installed Gnome Flashback and can select it on the log in screen:
Unfortunately, every time I restart I'm automatically logged into the original "Ubuntu" (Gnome 3) environment again. The solutions in these related questions don't work anymore:
how to set default session in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?
How do I change the default session for when using auto-logins?
Specifically, setting user-session to gnome-flashback-metacity in /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf has no effect.
How do I fix this?
18.04 desktop-environments gnome-flashback
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I've installed Gnome Flashback and can select it on the log in screen:
Unfortunately, every time I restart I'm automatically logged into the original "Ubuntu" (Gnome 3) environment again. The solutions in these related questions don't work anymore:
how to set default session in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?
How do I change the default session for when using auto-logins?
Specifically, setting user-session to gnome-flashback-metacity in /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf has no effect.
How do I fix this?
18.04 desktop-environments gnome-flashback
asked Jun 24 '18 at 16:43
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Sounds like a bug because I have five DE's in 18.04 to pick from and whichever one I pick sticks as the default for the next login.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 24 '18 at 17:20
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I've installed Gnome Flashback and can select it on the log in screen:
Unfortunately, every time I restart I'm automatically logged into the original "Ubuntu" (Gnome 3) environment again. The solutions in these related questions don't work anymore:
how to set default session in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?
How do I change the default session for when using auto-logins?
Specifically, setting user-session to gnome-flashback-metacity in /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf has no effect.
How do I fix this?
18.04 desktop-environments gnome-flashback
asked Jun 24 '18 at 16:43
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I've installed Gnome Flashback and can select it on the log in screen:
Unfortunately, every time I restart I'm automatically logged into the original "Ubuntu" (Gnome 3) environment again. The solutions in these related questions don't work anymore:
how to set default session in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?
How do I change the default session for when using auto-logins?
Specifically, setting user-session to gnome-flashback-metacity in /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf has no effect.
How do I fix this?
18.04 desktop-environments gnome-flashback
18.04 desktop-environments gnome-flashback
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Sounds like a bug because I have five DE's in 18.04 to pick from and whichever one I pick sticks as the default for the next login.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 24 '18 at 17:20
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Sounds like a bug because I have five DE's in 18.04 to pick from and whichever one I pick sticks as the default for the next login.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 24 '18 at 17:20
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Sounds like a bug because I have five DE's in 18.04 to pick from and whichever one I pick sticks as the default for the next login.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 24 '18 at 17:20
Sounds like a bug because I have five DE's in 18.04 to pick from and whichever one I pick sticks as the default for the next login.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 24 '18 at 17:20
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Found a workaround. Install LightDM (which IMHO looks much better than the default GDM):
sudo apt-get install lightdm
Then disable and re-enable autologin (if needed). This creates a working configuration that remembers your selected desktop environment.
answered Jun 25 '18 at 6:27
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You could reconfigure your default display manager using these steps in the terminal. I am assuming that your default is gdm3 and you want to move to lightdm
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
<OK>
lightdm
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Found a workaround. Install LightDM (which IMHO looks much better than the default GDM):
sudo apt-get install lightdm
Then disable and re-enable autologin (if needed). This creates a working configuration that remembers your selected desktop environment.
answered Jun 25 '18 at 6:27
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Found a workaround. Install LightDM (which IMHO looks much better than the default GDM):
sudo apt-get install lightdm
Then disable and re-enable autologin (if needed). This creates a working configuration that remembers your selected desktop environment.
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Found a workaround. Install LightDM (which IMHO looks much better than the default GDM):
sudo apt-get install lightdm
Then disable and re-enable autologin (if needed). This creates a working configuration that remembers your selected desktop environment.
answered Jun 25 '18 at 6:27
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Found a workaround. Install LightDM (which IMHO looks much better than the default GDM):
sudo apt-get install lightdm
Then disable and re-enable autologin (if needed). This creates a working configuration that remembers your selected desktop environment.
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You could reconfigure your default display manager using these steps in the terminal. I am assuming that your default is gdm3 and you want to move to lightdm
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
<OK>
lightdm
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You could reconfigure your default display manager using these steps in the terminal. I am assuming that your default is gdm3 and you want to move to lightdm
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
<OK>
lightdm
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You could reconfigure your default display manager using these steps in the terminal. I am assuming that your default is gdm3 and you want to move to lightdm
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
<OK>
lightdm
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You could reconfigure your default display manager using these steps in the terminal. I am assuming that your default is gdm3 and you want to move to lightdm
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
<OK>
lightdm
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Sounds like a bug because I have five DE's in 18.04 to pick from and whichever one I pick sticks as the default for the next login.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 24 '18 at 17:20