Before gdm starts, I get a tty login prompt. In my SSD computer, gdm starts shortly after, but on a different one with a slow HDD it takes quite a long time. Also, before gdm starts, I have to wait for ntpd to finish printing its start-up message. Is this expected behavior?
bug#43731: login prompt before gdm starts
quanrong via Bug reports for GNU Guix Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:28:22 -0700
