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login screen configuration through command line

Asked by Raul Perez

I finished Installing 11.04 for the first time. I got an option that asked if i wanted a login screen or auto-login. I opted for auto-login. Afterwards I got a "Do not have right hardware to run Unity, please select the Classic Desktop" or something along those lines. The problems is I never got the login screen, because I already opted for auto-login. And then the Unity desktop finishes loading, but it's unusable. I can see the menus and my mouse, but drop downs quickly disappear before i make a selection.

Is there a way to change to classic view or switch the login screen back on by editing a config file through the command line? Is there another way to get to the login screen back without going through the desktop menus?

thanks

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Raul Perez (rperez-sd) said : 		#1

I continued reading through these Q&A boards and found a solution the thread for Question #155209

After installing unity 2D per the commands found here:

http://www.unixmen.com/linux-tutorials/linux-distributions/linux-distributions4-ubuntu/1540-top-things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-1104-natty-narwhal

The i was able to navigate the desktop.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

Or intead of installing Unity-2d open a terminal by pressing ctrl +alt +t and type:

gdmsetup

and choose Ubuntu classic for your user from settings...