Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:32:58
> From: Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment
> Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:33:17 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 04:36:56PM +0200, echo test wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically check that
> > systemd is configured to run in graphical environment
> >
> > $> systemctl set-default graphical.target
> >
> > If this is already setup, and you can launch your DE with startx, check also
> > that mate is the default DE with update-alternatives(8) or you can add the
> > startx command in /etc/profile.
>
> Do not put startx in /etc/profile.
>
> There are many different ways to run X. One of them is to login on a
> console, and run the startx command, either manually, or from your
> *personal* (NOT system-wide) ~/.profile. Typically you would surround
> this call with some code that verifies you really are on a Linux console
> (e.g. check whether $(tty) matches /dev/tty*) so that it doesn't fire
> when you ssh in.
>
> Another is to install a Display Manager, such as lightdm, sddm, gdm3,
> xdm, etc. There are roughly a dozen of 'em. This is what the Desktop
> Environment metapackages do.
>
> Another is to set up "autologin", in such a way that an X session running
> as some specific user is launched as soon as you boot. This is the
> common choice for "kiosk" machines.
>
> Once you've chosen how you want to proceed, you can investigate the
> details of that particular approach. With a DM, there really isn't much
> you need to know, beyond "what do I click to control the type of session".
> With startx, you might choose to write a custom ~/.xsession script to
> control your session startup. I've never done autologin, so I can't say
> a lot about it, but I do know that the details of setting it up will
> depend on which init system you use.
>
Would sysctl set-default text.target display the dm on startup?
>
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