On 10/31/2015 01:47 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 09:28:02PM -0400, Jonathan Billings wrote: >> On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:44 PM, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote: >>> Can you remind me how to switch from one DM to another? I know I >>> used to know, but right now cannot recall the proper incantations. >> systemctl disable gdm.service >> systemctl enable lightdm.service >> (reboot or stop gdm and start lightdm from a VT) >> >> -- >> Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org> > Thanks for the reminder! > > unfortunately, the problem still exists: after standby, when waking up > I still get a prompt for my password. > Surely that's desired behaviour. I always want my machine to wake up locked - who knows who is in front of the screen - password check ensures I get to choose. The alternative (say a public facing machine kiosk) would be to make sure there is no password set.