Booting into a Graphical Environment

Booting into a Graphical Environment

Well, in such a case, you can always try to start the X Window System graphical interface by typing the command startx on the terminal. This, however, is just a temporary solution. It will not change the log in process for any future log in.

For a permanent set up, such that a graphical login screen is permanently available, you must do the following:

• Set the default target as the graphical systemd boot target. The system will now boot to this

described target, that appears as a symlink to the specific target file.

• Open a shell prompt and in case you are using a personalised user account, first shift to the

root/admin account using the command “su”.

• Create a new symlink and add to the graphical target, as default2 using the command:

ln -s /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target/etc/systemd/system/default2.target

• Overwrite this to the current default.target symlink :

mv /etc/systemd/system/default2.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target

• On being prompted to confirm whether the file is sure to be overwritten, press y.
• Reboot your system

Log in afresh and you will be greeted with your graphical login prompt.