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I have tried the approach that I have used before on earlier releases of Ubuntu but on 15.04 I have found that the following commands are not working.

sudo xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm

sudo su lightdm -s /bin/bash

gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter draw-grid false

When I run the last command I get the following:

(process:5354): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Error spawning command line 'dbus-launch --autolaunch=1af246dec6324e1ca014e1c3c06da71c --binary-syntax --close-stderr': Child process exited with code 1

Can anybody suggest what I'm doing wrong, or ways that I could diagnose what is failing?

Cheers

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  1. Install Ubuntu Tweak. It still works although it hasn't been updated for a while. You can download the deb package from here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak
  2. Start Ubuntu Tweak, go to Tweaks > Startup > Login Settings. There you should be able to "Unlock" Root privileges and select some LDM Preferences like "Draw Grid".

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  • COmmand line is good but GUI is easier and has done the trick.
    – Mitty
    May 7, 2015 at 12:48
  • What GTK theme are you using?
    – Waldir Leoncio
    Mar 12, 2016 at 6:46
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    @Waldir Leoncio, it's Vertex Light
    – Sadi
    Mar 12, 2016 at 10:27
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According to the (German) Wiki of ubuntuusers.de, starting from Ubuntu 12.04 you need to use the dconf-editor GUI tool. You start it just as you did with gsettings set before: Giv the 'lightdm' user account access to your GUI (xhost), switch to that user account (su) and start dconf-editor

xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm
sudo su lightdm -s /bin/bash
dconf-editor
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  • this results in the error that prompted the question
    – lofidevops
    Sep 7, 2015 at 10:37

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