lightdm wont start at boot any more after install virtualbox

[Phlox]

So I was trying to figure out how to run mageia as server without the desktop stuff so I installed virtualbox and downloaded the network installer to see if I needed to go that route.

The installer pulled in virtualbox with a newer kernel and what not and after rebooting it boots into the console with mouse working.

I can manually start lightdm by logging into the console with sudo service lightdm start and that starts lightdm. Even startx works.

I looked in Mageia Control Center -> System - > Manage system services by enabling of disabling them
and its On boot is selected.

But it doesn't start on boot. I have to manually start it.

After manually starting it I can log into XFCE and everything looks okay.

Something broke the auto start at boot of lightdm when virtualbox was installed.

I de-installed virtualbox and all other newer kernel stuff but it still not starts lightdm at boot

And it keeps saying in MCC that it is enabled at start at boot.

Anybody got a clue how to fix this?

[sturmvogel]

You could check under MCC -> Boot -> Autologin that the graphical environment is automatically startet.

[Phlox]

You could check under MCC -> Boot -> Autologin that the graphical environment is automatically startet.

In MCC -> Boot -> Set up autologin to automatically log in: "Launch the graphical environment when your system starts."

It wasn't enabled. After enabling it and reboot lightdm started again. Big thanks @sturmvogel for pointing that out

Now two questions come to mind;

1) Why was this setting disabled after virtualbox installation?

2) Why is the setting "Launch the graphical environment when your system starts." in MCC -> Boot - > "Set up autologin to automatically log in" and not in the more appropriate place MMC -> Boot -> "Set up display manager"?

I would have never looked in "Set up autologin to automatically log in" because I totally not expected it to be in there.