Unity "login" or "welcome" screen. 12.04

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Just do what CaptainMark said a couple of posts up.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

No need to edit any existing files, just run the following to create the lightdm.override file:

echo  "manual" | sudo tee -a /etc/init/lightdm.override

It still is.

okay, this is a learning experience.
a frustrating one, however.
I ran the override (code follows) and now 12.04 (desktop i386) won't boot to the welcome screen at all. it just displays ........ endlessly. I'm able to login as root from the recovery console..so I can access the system. I can see my samba share from my laptop (which I'm obviously using to type this)
I SHOULD have checked out the code before I blindly paisted it into the command line.
So, I'm sure there is a way to undo this.
I'm keen to learn how to config Lightdm.
Please help, so I can boot to a gui.
Also, startx does not work.
"
echo "manual" | sudo tee -a /etc/init/lightdm.override

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okay, I ran
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
which got me back to gdm.
Then I commented out # the "manual" in /etc/init/lightdm.override

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HMM. Well I'm making progress, found a site
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LightDM#Debugging_LightDM

That helps, but I've not received a response to my question of a few posts ago.

HOW do I reverse the damage done when I ran the code
"echo "manual" | sudo tee -a /etc/init/lightdm.override"

That Cheese mill advised I run.
The workaround is to go back to gdm
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

I've done that. I'm looking for a way to reverse the "echo "manual...." statment above.
I just does not work.

Thanks in advance for your reply.

I'm learning a lot.

Oh, and I CAN use VIM, I don't mind editing conf files myself.

[Cheesemill]

HOW do I reverse the damage done when I ran the code
"echo "manual" | sudo tee -a /etc/init/lightdm.override"

Just delete the file that the command created:

sudo rm /etc/init/lightdm.override

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Thanks for all the feedback. It seem to have helped. Mark this one as resolved,
thanks.