Ubuntu 18.04. I am the sole user on a (VM) system, running the desktop.
When I started out with only the GNOME desktop installed as per default I got logged straight onto the desktop without any password. This was also the case in prior versions of Ubuntu with Unity. This is what I want.
A while ago I installed the Unity supplied with with 18.04 as an alternative if I want to play with it. From that moment on I now get prompted for my password when I logon:
At the password prompt if instead I click on the "icon" it shows a choice of desktops. Maybe that's why it wants to stop at a password prompt, so that I could choose:
(I don't really know why it shows Unity (Default) --- so far as I am aware(!), it still goes into GNOME.)
When I get to GNOME my desktop's Users settings still shows Automatic Logon is ON:
I would like simply to have it revert to going straight into GNOME without prompt/password like it used to. Can I achieve that, without uninstalling Unity?
EDIT: Is there a file somewhere which lists these desktop choices for user to select from? Perhaps if I commented out the other alternatives the chooser prompt would go away?
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