Thanks @Craig - helped someone in #ubuntu on 17.10, and I experimented
on 18.04 and found it is still a problem there too.
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I too needed to re-enable graphical login after having disabled it.
I can confirm adding:
[Install]
Alias=display-manager.service
to my /lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service file.
Allowed me to re-enable lightdm to start on boot (by running "sudo
systemctl enable lightdm"), previous to this I
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New => Confirmed
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Maybe make display-manager.service into an actual service file (rather
than a symlink), and have that start whatever /etc/X11/default-display-
manager points to?
What I want is to be able to disable and then re-enable the display
manager starting on boot using similar administrative commands,
pitti | IIRC all *dm's postinsts need to set
/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service to
| whatever was chosen in debconf
pitti | setting Alias= sounds correct, but not WantedBy=
pitti | we don't want *all* DMs to start
pitti | the whole mechanics for that is still horribly
This whole systemd thing is new to me, and I can't say I'm terribly
enamored of it, so I'm not the best person to ask. But by way of
example, I'll point out what a couple other .service files do:
/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service:
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Can you suggest what the [Install] clause should contain?
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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