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p37307
Asked: 2012-05-06 11:37:04 +0800 CST

Add terminal session with network to login in screen

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I want to add a terminal Xsession to the log in drop down screen. Can anyone let me know how to do this? No desktop, load only terminal with network support.

Booting in recovering from grub lets me do this but I would rather do it from the login screen.

My system is Ubuntu 12.04 with standard install

Please note I have and am in the process of searching for the answer with little luck.

gnome-terminal login-screen session gnome-session 12.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Create a file called terminal in /usr/share/xsessions with the following content:

    [Desktop Entry]
Name=Terminal
Comment=This session logs you into Terminal
Exec=gnome-terminal
TryExec=gnome-terminal
Icon=
Type=Application
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  2. If you mean launching only terminal with no desktop, I don't know how to add this to login screen, but you just could switch to the terminal by Ctrl-Alt-F1 to Ctrl-Alt-F6

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