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For some reason, after installing GRUB (and running grub-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/arch/grub.cfg), it boots into the command-line interface, not the normal GUI.

I know there’s a similar question on the forum, but my case is different. They had to make a directory and copy the files over. Unlike them, I don’t have to do that, I can boot straight into arch GRUB. But like that case, however, it only boots me into the normal (not rescue mode, the one you usually reach when pressing ‘c’ on the GUI) command line.

Can I configure it to be a GUI, and how? (P.S. my disk’s boot mode is UEFI, not BIOS.)

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  • Did you install a GUI in the first place?
    – muru
    Commented Dec 9, 2019 at 7:54
  • Did you remember to "grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg" when installing (I've forgotten to do that before)?
    – Daniel M.
    Commented Dec 9, 2019 at 8:02
  • @DanielMassey Yes, I did.
    – ut793
    Commented Dec 9, 2019 at 16:06
  • @muru How do you do that?
    – ut793
    Commented Dec 9, 2019 at 16:07
  • @utaker - Maybe try cp /boot/efi/EFI/arch/grub.cfg /boot/grub/grub.cfg (create the /boot/grub directory with mkdir if not present), then reboot?
    – Daniel M.
    Commented Dec 9, 2019 at 18:25

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it only boots me into the command line

If this is a normal command line, and not the rescue shell or so, you have reached systemd target "multi-user". You want "graphical".

Muru is right asking about "GUI in the first place?".

The rest is a question of basic systemd configuration.

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  • And no, it wasn’t a “deliberate act of confusion”, I was in a hurry and didn’t think this whole question through. But yes, parts of the question are vague, and I believe I have fixed them now.
    – ut793
    Commented Dec 9, 2019 at 16:06
  • So you are able to start a GUI and then press 'c'? And now boot directly to GUI? This is still a systemd question, not grub, I would say. You know about these target links in systemd? And that arch linux only gives you the pieces, plus the info?
    – user373503
    Commented Dec 9, 2019 at 19:21

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