how to not default to lxde

[jfitchett]

I have a server i need to support where no gui was installed. I want to use a gui sometimes rather than command line for apps like a browser. I found LXDE and to see if it would work for me I made a vbox with Ubuntu Mini, command line only system. I then download LXDE and installed it and rebooted and i have a wonderful interface. However, all the others who use the system want the command line only. Can i somehow set my login only to use LXDE or set everyone to not use it and launch it by hand? I will be using the server over ssh if that raises any flags.

Thankyou, jfitchett

[Lew_Rockwell_fan]

I might easily be wrong but I suspect if you uninstall the "display manager" (seems like a silly thing to call a graphical login manager, but such is the custom) you'll get what you want. Everybody logs in normally in a windowless "console" or "tty". Then anyone who wants to use the graphical environment enters the command

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startx

Your display manager is probably lightdm, so

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sudo apt-get purge lightdm

should get rid of it. If not, try using synaptic and search the term "display manager" -- maybe you've something else.