Questions tagged [lightdm]
LightDM (Lightweight Display Manager) is a Display Manager for the X.org X server. It is the default X display manager of Ubuntu. LightDM starts an X session and presents the user with a graphical login screen, so the user does not have to issue commands such as `startx` to start the X server
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Impossible to start Ubuntu after installing lxde
i just tried installing lxde on my Ubuntu 14.04. I wanted to try working with two different screen at the same time. So to do that typed CTRL+ALT+F2 to go in another terminal and then i typed the ...
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How to make ubuntu 14.04 a kiosk [duplicate]
I have made a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop and now want's to convert it into a kiosk with a full screen webbrowser.
This was previously done in 10.04 and worked perfect, but due to ...
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Unable to login into any account
How it happened
My computer was becoming very unresponsive and I could not close any applications to free memory so I held the power button until the computer turned off. When I turned it on ...
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KDE 4.13.2 update breaks login from LightDM on Kubuntu 14.04
One of the KDE updates that rolled out in the last couple of days broke my ability to log in to KDE from lightdm using the lightdm-kde-greeter. At the lightdm prompt, I enter my login credentials, the ...
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Lightdm issue after installing xmonad, Ubuntu 14.04
Yesterday I decided to install and try Xmonad on my laptop running a fairly fresh install of 14.04. After running an Xmonad session i decided to try the Gnome-xmonad (or something similar) option. All ...
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Fluxbox Lightdm nautilus
I recently started using fluxbox, I'm using Lightdm as a desktop manager and was using gnome/unity before fluxbox.
I'm facing a few troubles while trying to adapt to this new window manager, the ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Login screen password always incorrect
I have just installed Ubuntu 14.04 for the first time boot. I am a long time MS Windows user and don't like where Windows is headed so I decided to switch to Ubuntu and only use Windows for gaming.
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unity-greeter login background won't change according to the user that is highlighted
I use Ubuntu 12.04.
Recently, I change to use another Accounts Service which could remove certain users from the graphic login screen of unity-greeter. I downloaded source code from a branch of
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Stuck at Ubuntu login screen
When I try to log in to my account the screen turns black for a second then goes back to the login screen. Apparently this is a fairly common problem but nothing I've tried from past questions on this ...
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Is there a way to disable portrait/login picture display in the Xubuntu login?
I recently upgraded a machine from XUbuntu 12.10 and now the login screen has a blank silhouette that looks like the Facebook empty profile picture. How do I disable this and get back to just username ...
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Login Screen Stuck as Desktop Background After Sign On
The wallpaper of my desktop doesn't appear and instead only the wallpaper of my login screen appears in my desktop. Also though the launcher, panel everything appears(as shown in the screen shot) they ...
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Unity unable to login (can login with xubuntu) [duplicate]
Any and all help would be appreciated...
Ok so. My laptop is Ubuntu 14.04, and the other day I restarted it and then was no longer able to login. So what happens? I attempt to login (lightdm) and ...
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Laptop using 14.04 won't get past login GUI
My laptop was working perfectly yesterday, and now today I can't log in.
At first, I was only getting a black screen. However, after following instructions in some questions here on AskUbuntu, I ...
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Lightdm does not start automatically
When booting Lubuntu 14.04, a terminal screen is shown instead of the usual graphical log-in screen. Then, I have to type sudo lightdm and use Ctrl+Alt+F7 to switch to the graphical log-in screen.
I ...
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MATE not showing up after install
I just used Synaptic to install MATE Desktop Environment on my Ubuntu 14.04 computer. It installed successfully, but after rebooting, it's not showing up on the login screen. My only options are to ...
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Opencl application does not recognize GPU till user physically ( and not remote) logs in to machine
I run some opencl applications on 2x AMD Radeon HD 7870 on a machine running Ubuntu 13.10.
I power the machine on and lightdm has the login prompt. Since I cannot physically be present to login to ...
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Kubuntu + kdm blank desktop
I recently did a sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop. Reboot loaded a kubuntu splash screen, then loaded the unity desktop. I read you needed kdm to handle the log in screen, so I did sudo apt-get ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 - No Unity in user account, but in guest account
Yesterday I switched back from Linux Mint to Ubuntu 14.04 and after installation I faced the following problem:
When I login with my user account Unity isn't loading. I can see no desktop elements - ...
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Booting briefly shows CLI login and then black
When I boot to Ubuntu on my dualboot system, it appears to boot normally, up to the point when I would normally expect to see the lightDM graphical login screen. However, I see a CLI login screen, ...
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How to change the default Desktop environment (That appears in the greeter) in 14.04
Previously I navigated to /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and changed user-session=ubuntu. lightdm.conf doesn't exist in Ubuntu 14.04 at that location, so how do I change user-session=ubuntu to something ...
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Is it possible to login into lightdm interactive screen remotely?
I have this big Ubuntu desktop that dubs also as a home cinema PC.
When I feel lazy, I'd love to be able to run the PC remotely and watch movies from my bed. I can turn it on via WoL. I can launch ...
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Prevent light-locker from setting volume to 100%
I'm on 14.04 with XFCE.
When I lock the screen it appears to mute the system volume (or perhaps just mute anything from the locked session?).
When I log back in the volume is reset to 100%. This ...
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Unable to reinstall unity-2d on Ubuntu 14.04 desktop LTS?
It is wiered that I'm not able to reinstall unity-2d on my system.
I removed it as it was not ready to go into the 2D mode. I have XRDP install for which I need Unity-2D.
after removing the unity-2d ...
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No Unity greeter after installing Xubuntu desktop [duplicate]
I installed xubuntu-desktop metapackapge on my system and after this action unity-greeter no longer appears. I've purged lightdm twice, then reinstalled lightdm and unity-greeter. But still no result. ...
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GDM and Lightdm don't work after update; KDM is ok
After updating Ubuntu (apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade) last Tuesday, GDM stopped working, and the startup hangs on the Ubuntu logo. Lightdm also don't work (same happens). If ...
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NVidia screen config
How do I restore the display config to the one I got during installation?
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 with dual nvidia gtx 570 connected to two screens.
When I installed ubuntu at first I ran 13.10 ...
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LightDM Customisation KDE or Unity Greeter in Xubuntu 14.04
my favorite Distro is Xubuntu, only the GTK greeter let my eyes bleeding (i know, its lightweight and simple). So i check these hints:
is-there-a-list-of-all-the-possible-configuration-options-for-...
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Missing mouse after switching account
I have an old Acer Aspire 6920G with Ubuntu 14.04 and lightdm installed keeping the existing /home partition and two working users.
When I switch from a user to the other I miss the mouse on the ...
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email body empty when I use "echo" in mutt commandline mode with root account
I have use mutt to send mails. It works fine when I use my own user account:
e.g. echo "foo bar" | mutt [email protected]
However, when I put the above command in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf (I want ...
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How can I restore my Unity after removing KDE?
Eliah Kagan's answer to how to remove KDE here (How to remove all traces of KDE installed) is a great first step in removing KDE from a Ubunutu, but I still have remnants of KDE that were not removed ...
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How to run scripts as user (not as root) in lightdm?
I want to run some scripts before login every time my PC is started. I add the scripts in as greeter-setup-script in lightdm.conf. However, all the scripts are running as root! I want to use normal ...
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Can't login after killing X Server with encrypted home directory
I have ctrl-alt-backspace enabled to terminate Xorg in an xorg.conf.d file:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Keyboard Defaults"
MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
Option "...
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Autologin Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop Session As Guest And Allow Web Browser
How can you autologin session as Guest?
Bonus for if you explain how to limit the guest to only web browser functionality? (and save no changes)
I see the thread here (How to enable guest account ...
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Enable numlock at login screen - with thin client?
I want to enable numlock at the login screen. numlockx is already installed. I've tried adding greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on to etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, which by the way only works if it'...
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How do I get my Unity login screen back after installing Lubuntu Desktop on 14.04?
I have installed lubuntu-desktop and xfce4 on a Ubuntu 14.04 installation.
After doing so, my login screen changed.
I have tried resetting my LightDM and attempted to modify the lightdm file, where ...
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Force a user to use a specified session
I've looked everywhere and can't find how to do the following:
What I have is Ubuntu 14.04 desktop 32bit configured with two accounts, one admin and one to run a web kiosk. I have set up a new ...
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After adding "greeter-show-manual-login=true" I can't log in
After I entered this command in terminal:
sudo sh -c 'echo "greeter-show-manual-login=true" >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf'
and I reboot my PC I cannot login. After I select the os in GRUB it ...
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upgrade to 14.04 added lightdm to server edition
The update from 13.10 to 14.04 using do-release-upgrade seems to have added lightdm to my computer. On top of that, lightdm wasn’t even set up properly, nor do I want it set up. I prefer not to use ...
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lightdm: cannot type password on login screen
I am running 12.04 LTS, fully updated. My system is configured to automatically log me in into my account. Auto-login works fine.
However, sometimes I need to access the unity-greeter/lightdm login ...
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"exec: gnome-session: not found" when logging in using lightdm
On login the password is accepted but I'm returned to the login screen. Tried multiple times even after reboot... same behavior.
I left my laptop (Lenovo Ideapad z510) in suspend mode (lid down) last ...
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XAuthority Error [duplicate]
When I try to login to my ubuntu 12.04 it accepts my account info and password but then a black terminal page appears and disappears very fast and it goes back to login page.
I killed lightdm and then ...
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14.04 Trusty Tahr LIghtDM No way to switch session
I installed Trusty on my laptop. I like Gnome Shell more than Unity.
So I installed Gnome Shell via Software Centre.
I have LightDM 1.10.0 installed on my system. Unlike the previous version it ...
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Unity will not log on
Unity will only log onto the guest version on my computer, when I type in my password normally it momentarily flashes to a black screen then return to the login screen.
When running unity through ...
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Ubuntu 14.04, Nvidia Driver 304.117 for 7600GT [closed]
I have a clean new installation on an SSD Drive of Ubuntu 14.04 with NVidia Driver 304.117
running.
After (very quick) boot I can hear that the login screen has started but no picture on my F-HD ...
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Cannot go to black screen (Manual login, Ctrl+Alt+F2) and cannot stop light dm
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on my Connoiseur work station with Intel Xeon processor. It has Tesla C1060 graphics card. Recently, the system encountered a kernel error and a pop up window appeared ...
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ldap client causes boot to be very slow on 13.10, causes hang on 14.04
I have successfully configured ubuntu as an ldap client following the howtos found on this site. i do the following.
1) apt-get install libpam-ldap nscd
2) configure ldap-auth-config
3) change /etc/...
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lightdm doesn't start
Today when I started Ubuntu, it didn't start lightdm, showing a black screen.
I changed to console Ctrl-Alt-F1 and tried to start lightdm manually
sudo start lightdm
It threw me to the graphic ...
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Unity greeter does not display custom wallpaper
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 bit . I know this question has popped up many times but I want to make it very clear that none of the posts helped me a bit.
my Problem:
I am unable to get my custom ...
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14.04_x64 / Nvidia GT 240 , HUGE font notificaton at greeter and in naulitus after log-in
I've been using 12.04 for a long time - excellent version indeed, I decided to try 14.04 today. Installing without any problems.
My VGA is Nvidia GT240 (legacy one), Nouveau display driver is fine, ...
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Can't switch between lightdm and gdm
I installed Ubuntu Studio 13.10 from a minimal CD, and then upgraded to 14.04. But since the cd install, I have been trying to change from gdm to lightdm. I have tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm, sudo ...