Re: system boots to terminal

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

Check grub config too, a setting in it may have disabled graphical 
interface too.

On Thu, 28 Dec 2017, Tony van der Hoff wrote:

> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 09:39:27
> From: Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: system boots to terminal
> Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:39:44 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On 28/12/17 10:59, Floris wrote:
> > Op Thu, 28 Dec 2017 11:41:22 +0100 schreef Tony van der Hoff
> > <lists@vanderhoff.org>:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Since upgrading Jessie to Stretch, I find my system boots to a terminal,
> > > instead of a desktop. I can log in, run startx, and the desktop then
> > > appears. I then need to log in again.
> > >
> > > So, how do I get my system to boot straight to the desktop?
> > >
> > > Cheers, Tony
> Thanks for your swift reply, Floris; much appreciated.
>
> > Things you could try:
> >
> > - Is systemd set to boot into graphical mode?
> > $ systemctl get-default
> > graphical.target
> >
> > If you get an other output run:
> > # systemctl set-default graphical.target
> Yes, I'm seeing that response.
>
> > - Reconfigure gdm3 and make sure gdm is the default display manager
> > # dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
> > $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
> > /usr/sbin/gdm3
> I should have said I'm using KDE, so I guess gdm stanzas are inappropriate.
> Anyway, I'm seeing:
> $ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
> /usr/bin/sddm
>
> Should I dpkg-reconfigure that?
>
> Cheers, Tony

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