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How is the Desktop started on Ubuntu 16.04

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I have been looking for the sequence of starting the Ubuntu 16.04 desktop, say, from init.

Where is this documented?

Tom Dean

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

http://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/systemd-boot-process/

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tomdean (tomdean) said : 		#2

On 05/22/2016 12:58 AM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #294022 on unity in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+question/294022
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> http://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/systemd-boot-process/
>

That description is either too vague or wrong.
For example, it refers to /Ubuntu-16.04/usr/lib/systemd/system, but,
 > ls /Ubuntu-16.04/usr/lib/systemd/
boot catalog network user user-generators

There is no system directory.

Using ps, I see that lightdm and friends seem to start about 100
processes. Where startx and friends start 20.

Tom Dean

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#3

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