The Refracta Installer does ask where you want to install grub...the MBR, Partition, etc.

Ron, I don't know if this will help for future reference, but...

If you choose MBR, it will put Grub on /dev/sda, and that Grub will be in control...and would be in control IF you have any other operating systems on your computer. If you choose Partition, then a list of partitions is given for you to choose from.

Ron, if you choose Partition, you would normally want to install Grub on the same partition that you're going to use for the Operating System. For example, I have a hard drive with 10 partitions. If I want to install a distro on partition 9...or..../dev/sda9, then I would also install Grub on /dev/sda9.

Then after installation, I would reboot the computer into the main operating system and run...

sudo update-grub

That system will then find the newly installed system so that it's available to choose from at the Grub screen.

Thank you GNUser!

I'm a rebel...I'm using the Firefox Beta...

I just want to thank GNUser for giving Ron (and others) this fix. As I said in an ealier post, I should add this to the MiyoLinux Wiki on Sourceforge...which I've done...with all credit given to GNUser. Thank you sir.

https://sourceforge.net/p/miyolinux/wiki/Login%20Delay/

Oh dear...DOH!

There's an alarm-clock package available in ASCII...not sure about Jessie, and I know nothing about it.

Is this what you installed?

alarm-clock-applet

Good going on the startup sound.   I wasn't sure if alsa would play an .ogg file...I know it will play .wav files.

For LightDM to show your name so that you only need to enter your password...I'll use leafpad in the command. I can't remember the text editor in Mate, but you can substitute it for leafpad in the command...

1. Open the terminal, and enter...

sudo leafpad /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

2. When the file opens, scroll barely over half-way down until you see the following section under [Seat:*]...if you enable line numbers, it's line 86.

[Seat:*]
#type=xlocal
#pam-service=lightdm
#pam-autologin-service=lightdm-autologin
#pam-greeter-service=lightdm-greeter
#xserver-command=X
#xmir-command=Xmir
#xserver-config=
#xserver-layout=
#xserver-allow-tcp=false
#xserver-share=true
#xserver-hostname=
#xserver-display-number=
#xdmcp-manager=
#xdmcp-port=177
#xdmcp-key=
#unity-compositor-command=unity-system-compositor
#unity-compositor-timeout=60
#greeter-session=example-gtk-gnome
#greeter-hide-users=false

I didn't include that whole section. The item you want to change is the last one in the code above...line number 105.

3. Remove the # from in front of greeter-hide-users=false

4. Save the file, close it, and reboot. It won't work with just a logout/login.

The first time you reach the login screen after doing this, it will show Other as the username. Just click it to choose your name instead. It will show your name at the login screen from then on.

That's good news! Indeed...thank you GNUser.  Might should add that to the Miyo Wiki in case others are experiencing that problem.

I saw another post about opening a file as administrator in Mate's file manager, but it's gone now? If you already solved it, great going!

If not, you'll need to install the following package...

mate-desktop-environment-extras

After installing that, the option to open as administrator appeared and worked.

Thanks for hanging in there Ron. I really wish that we could figure this out without a reinstall, but I'm not sure what else to do.

After playing around with Mate (and display managers), I decided to pull out the big guns and remove the other stock Miyo items...to see what effect that may possibly cause. After doing so, I still haven't experienced the delay that you described. When you reinstall...try doing what I did...

1. Install the package mate-desktop-environment

2. Remove openbox

3. See how things work for you after that. Try a few logouts and reboots. If everything seems good, then remove the remaining items...

Here's everything I removed afterwards...

lxtask
lxinput
lxrandr
leafpad
lxterminal
obsession
lxappearance
lxappearance-obconf
xfce4-power-manager
xfce4-power-manager-data
nitrogen
tint2
gmrun
gsimplecal
udevil
spacefm

4. After removing those, run the following command in your terminal...

sudo apt autoremove

5. ...and then fix the Slim login screen to meet your preference of booting straight into the password screen...

Good luck!

Okay...

Ron, I did a test install on a separate partition.

Not being familiar with Mate, I opened Synaptic to see what was available to give me the Mate desktop environment. I chose to install...

mate-desktop-environment

That pulled in everything Mate (as far as I could/can tell).

I then removed Openbox. (I didn't remove SpaceFM, Xfce stuff, or related Openbox stuff for this test)

I rebooted, and from login until reaching the desktop took about 6 - 8 seconds. Logged out and rebooted several times. I experienced no delays as you described from the time I logged in until reaching the desktop.

What did you install to give yourself the Mate desktop?

By the way, I bow to you for truly putting the "Miyo" in MiyoLinux!

HOORAY!

I'm at a bit of a loss Ron. Let's do this...

If I understand, you've changed from Openbox to Mate.

Now...I've never used Mate. I've tried it before, but never used it. I don't care for Mate personally , so I'm at a loss on what to do with it. However...

PLEASE UNDERSTAND...This is only a guess.

Open the file manager as root (if I understand correctly, you got rid of SpaceFM???), and go to /usr/share/xsessions

When you open that folder, do you have something in there for both Openbox and Mate?

If you still have an Openbox item, it may be causing the delay (?)...but I'm not sure. If it is still there, and you're not going to use Openbox, then delete it so that only Mate is there. Then reboot.