On 2014-03-20 00:41, arch-general-request@archlinux.org wrote:

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Message: 8 Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:20:28 +0100 From: "Armin K." Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management

On 03/19/2014 09:17 PM, message wrote:

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Readers,

According to the command 'pacman -Q -e | less', gdm is shown as installed. The command 'startx' doesn't start gdm, but instead the same graphical manager that starts following the test procedure.

How to start gdm?

gdm is a daemon, not something that's started with startx.

After power-on, the computer starts with a sign-in prompt. Normal user does not work. Signed in as root and the computer never starts with a graphical interface, always the command terminal.

systemctl start gdm, as root.

systemctl enable gdm will enable it to always start at boot.

From to the wiki web page, the command 'ls -l /etc/systemd/system/default.target' revealed: displaymanagerservice gettytargetwants/ multiusertargetwants/ There is no 'defaulttarget' -- digest-mode subscriber; please cc to maintain message thread