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How to set LightDM and XFCE to only start when I want them and not at boot (lemmy.zip)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by mub@lemmy.zip to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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I'd like to keep XCFE for VERY occasional use, so when I'm not using it I'd like to quit it. Also I don't want it to start at boot. I've found a bunch of ways of uninstalling it but that's not what I'm after, I just want to make sure it is not running unless I start it.

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[–] captcha@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Use systemctl:

to turn off lightdm, sudo systemctl stop lightdm. This will also shut down xfce if it was started with lightdm.
to permamently not start lightdm at boot, sudo systemctl disable lightdm.
to start xfce whenever you want it just run start-xfce.

Note: this will mean that you computer will boot directly to tty instead of any graphical display, which I assume is what you wanted.

[–] mub@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

That's bang on. Thanks. Feels like I should have worked that out, but I just assumed it would be more fiddly.