I have installed nimdow window manager. I have auto-login enabled. Nimdow is the default option. The only options I have at boot are (from the bootloader): default, timeout, edit, resolution, print and help (help is not working). How am I supposed to go back to GNOME or disable auto-login? I tried accessing the recovery shell, but I can't access it by spamming escape. Someone PLEASE help. Google Bard is useless.

  • VHS [he/him]
    ·
    11 months ago

    If the computer boots but you can't access a GUI, use Ctrl+Alt+F3 to open a console. From there you can use nano to edit the login manager configuration. If you had GNOME installed, your login manager is probably GDM, and its config should be at /etc/gdm/daemon.conf, according to the manual. If that is the case, it looks like you should erase the username under the entry "AutomaticLogin=".

        • GregorTacTac@lemm.ee
          hexagon
          ·
          11 months ago

          I don't mind leaning on a community that helps me within 15 minutes of making a post and is just generally so helpful

  • Radioactive Radio@lemm.ee
    ·
    11 months ago

    Ctrl+alt+f3 put in your user and password and remove the window manager or install some other one until you fix it.

  • Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org
    ·
    11 months ago

    What greeter are you using? GDM? You can disable auto login from the command line.

    Assuming gdm, as root edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf and set AutomaticLoginEnable=False.

  • Euphoma@lemmy.ml
    ·
    11 months ago

    You are probably gonna want to chroot into your laptop using a livecd for linux. This will allow you to basically access your terminal without being able to login or boot, and then you can uninstall Nimdow, or turn off auto-login.


    Some guides to chrooting.

    https://superuser.com/questions/111152/whats-the-proper-way-to-prepare-chroot-to-recover-a-broken-linux-installation#111215

    https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot