Questions about the login screen, specifically customizing/troubleshooting it.
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How can I make lock screen be like the login screen? [duplicate]
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How to make the lock screen look like the login screen?
Is it possible to have the login screen displayed when locked instead of that ugly and horrible current lock ...
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User Accounts not listed in System Settings User Accounts
I'm running 12.04 on PPC (IMAC G5) - but have a problem with creating/editing user accounts with the System Preferences User Accounts tool. All updates have been downloaded and installed.
When I ...
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Login screen loops unless you login as Guest
I am running a VMWare Player with a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangloin as Guest on my Windows 7. Sometimes I get the shutdown blue screen error in Windows, this time it happened when I was running the ...
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Can I move the password field to the center of the login screen?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 ( I reverted back from 12.04 to 11.10 because of stability issues). I would like to know is it possible to change the location of the password field in the login screen ?
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Various crashes in 12.04 after upgrade and fresh install [closed]
Ubuntu drives me crazy. Since I upgraded from 11.10 64-bit to 12.04 Ubuntu crashes regularly. One time the crash report tells me that Skype is the faulty app, another time it was Opera, and today the ...
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can't get past the login screen
Using a brand-new install to a usb stick of 12.04 lts installed by Universal USB Installer 1.8.9.8. I log in as "ubuntu" with a blank password, the console appears for a second or two with text ...
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Login crash loop
After about the second/third batch of updates on a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04, I end up getting stuck in an infinite login loop: I enter my password, screen goes black and shows me the end of the ...
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Hide the Shutdown Button on Ubuntu Logon screen [duplicate]
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How to Remove the Shutdown Button on the Login Screen in Ubuntu 12.04?
Can the shutdown button on Ubuntu 12.04 Login screen be removed?
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Black Login Screen after installing updates 12.04
I love my lixux 12.04..till yesterday it installed new updates and i clicked on restart..
As system went to grub all normal & loaded normal..then instead of pretty desktop (auto login turned on) ...
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how do i install SLiM login manager?
I would like to know the easiest and most straight forward way to to install the SLiM login manager. hopefully through terminal, but I am not fussy how I install it correctly as long as it works.
I ...
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How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
Note:
This is an attempt to create a canonical question that covers all
instances of "low-graphics mode" error that occurs to a user,
including but not limited to installation of wrong ...
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How would one change the GDM theme in Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
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How can I change the login screen theme in GDM?
I am using GDM, not lightDM.
None of the established GDM login theme changers work in precise.
How can I change ...
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How can I get LightDM to work on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit?
Is there a permanent fix for the looping login problem in LightDM?
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. LightDM won't work even though I haven't changed any options (background, etc.). It just ...
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How to Remove the openbox menu items from my login-screen resulted due to LXDE installation [duplicate]
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How to remove session entries from LightDM?
Installed the lxde desktop environment from ubuntu software center in my 12.04 lts version... The lxde installation is ...
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LightDM run desktop for one session “This session Only”
I sometimes experiment with many different desktop environments, some of which can be unstable. I have had a few times where I needed to drop into root shell, disable auto login, then log into my ...
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Screen display won't turn on
I installed Ubuntu with wubi, using 30GB of space on my third hard drive on my desktop.
When I restarted my computer, I was shown the Windows Boot Manager. When I chose Ubuntu it made some noises ...
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Ubuntu-Tweak tweaks get ignored after reboots
When I set the corners to reveal workspaces/windows, It stops working after a couple of reboots. Why? In addition, my chosen Login screen lasts for 1 second during login and reverts to current ...
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user-specific log in background not working in 12.04 [duplicate]
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How do I add customized wallpapers so they appear in the dynamic unity greeter?
The new feature included in ubuntu 12.04 Precise of having users-pecific background image ...
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Default User Id at Login different from User Name in Terminal Shell
During the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installation, I was prompted to enter a user name and password, so that a corresponding account could be created and set up for login. I replaced the one that was provided ...
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Stopping system V runlevel compatibility - Stuck on logon screen
My wireless stop working suddenly and I try to reinstall driver. I think that I was install wrong one and after reboot I stuck on Ubuntu logon screen.
When try to login Ubuntu blinks with black screen ...
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Log in/Boot problem [closed]
When I boot ubuntu I get a purple square for a few seconds and then a flash of a ttyl terminal screen asking for my login information after that I get the normal login screen but with a few pixels in ...
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Cannot login via Unity login screen after upgrade to 12.04
Logging in via the shell accessed through Ctrl+Alt-F1 and logging in as guest via the graphical user interface work 0O
When I try to log into my standard user account via the graphical interface, the ...
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Missing Features in Ubuntu 12.04
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, and 2 new features that I have seen advertised on various websites are not on my version:
Individual wallpapers on login screen
Privacy options in ...
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How to programmatically log-in a user remotely
How do I programmatically and remotely (using SSH) log-in a user so that the lightdm login screen closes and loads the user's desktop as thought they had physical typed in their username and password?
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Add terminal session with network to login in screen
I want to add a terminal Xsession to the log in drop down screen. Can anyone let me know how to do this? No desktop, load only terminal with network support.
Booting in recovering from grub lets me ...
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ubuntu 12.04 crash on login screen [closed]
Yesterday I got a new laptop pre-loaded with Windows 7. I immediately used the Windows Installer to put Ubuntu 12.04 on my system. Everything worked fine yesterday, but when I tried to boot Ubuntu ...
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How to make a login screen display an auto-changing background?
Is there a way to make the login screen show an auto-changing background, as to be able to create an animation-like screen?
I have used Ubuntu-tweak but that didn't help. Can I manually edit the ...
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Switch from Ubuntu 2D to Ubuntu
While loging in I chosed "Ubuntu" but when launch My Unity receive message "Ubuntu running in 2D mode..." and some options in compizConfig are disabled.
I am instaled ati radeon proprietary driver and ...
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How to change Ubuntu One Password?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and having problem as under:
I have My User Account password and when I open "System Settings >> User Accounts" the dialog get unlocked by providing current password. Also when ...
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Login screen restarts while entering password
I am having a problem that only occurred after installing the fglrx proprietary driver through the additional drivers app.
The exact same issue is described in this question, however it's closed.
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Login screen won't accept my password
I recently upgraded to 12.04 from 11.10 and since upgrading have been unable to login to my user profile. The upgrade went okay and I can login to a guest session fine but whenever I try to login to ...
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VMware tools easy install relic
I made a fresh 'easy install' of 12.04 on vmware workstation.
This is yet another problem (quite a few have been asked here.) with the vmware tools installation. I managed to install vmware tools ...
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after 12.04 upgrade: can't log in although password is correct
I upgraded from 10.10 to 12.04, and now can't log in any more. The password is correct- when I type in a wrong one, I am told it's incorrect, while the correct one is seemingly accepted, but then just ...
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How to return the login screen to the default
I've been experimenting with various Desktop Environments, including LXDE, XFCE, KDE.
I'm returning to Unity, and I would like my login screen back to the default for 12.04. I think that it changed ...
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Fail to load graphic environment [closed]
When I try to login I get the greeting screen with the desktop settings and all. I insert my password and after a small blackout I'm back at the greeting screen. The reboot menu doesn't work and it ...
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Logging in after sleep shows desktop prior to authentication screen
On my laptop, if I close the lid (and perhaps at other times when I'm inactive or set the laptop to sleep manually), upon opening the lid, it'll display whatever was on the screen prior to sleeping, ...
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Cannot log in into Ubuntu after an upgrade to 12.04 [closed]
Today I cannot log into the GUI, but I can use the console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) to log in as a user or as root, and I can login via ssh.
Under Natty, before the upgrade, I had set up Ubuntu to auto-login as ...
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Upgraded to 12.04, still displays the old login screen
The login screen still says Ubuntu 11.10. Needless to say, the upgrade was interrupted. I was able to continue the interrupted upgrade and get a stable machine.
lsb_release -a tells me its 12.04.
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auto start disk formatting when entering wrong password
I'm thinking of way to protect data from stealing.
Is there any way to start auto disk formatting when someone enters wrong password on login?
Or when enters specific password which would trigger disk ...
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How do I disable the startup sound in Ubuntu 12.04 login-screen? [duplicate]
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How to disable login sound?
I would like to know how to disable the startup sound in Ubuntu 12.04 login-screen; that is, the sound produced at the login-screen before ...
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Login/logoff and alert sounds are not working?
I tried to chage the sound theme using Dconf but on every restart the value is reset back to freedesktop!?!
What should I do ? How I can save the setting ?!! I can enable login sound using dconf ...
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Change logon screen display configuration [closed]
I'm on ubuntu 11.10 and i'd like to change the resolution of the logon screen.
I'm using two screens : the main one (which is the laptop one) is 1600*900, the second is 1440*900.
The logon manager ...
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Ubuntu 3D selection has been lost [closed]
I had a problem that i cannot login to Ubuntu(3d) desktop because the selection has no avaliable at the settings.
In lxdm logon screen, there is 2 'Ubuntu' written in desktop selection, but i can't ...
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How-To limit user-names in LightDM login-screen when AccountsService is used
I have several "user" names in passwd that don't represent real people, and that should not appear on the LightDM login-screen.
The lightdm-gtk-greeter configuration file clearly says that if ...
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Logging in over and over again. How to fix this? [closed]
Ok, I messed up. I installed ubuntu 11.10, installed awesome wm and removed unity, to have something to fall back on, I also installed gnome-session-fallback.
I was messing around and did the ...
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Log in manager doesn't appear after editing /etc/X11/default-display-manager
I have ubuntu 11.10 , and I installed kde and I choosed kdm mistakly, as mentioned here I did this procedure
Pretty simple. Open the file /etc/X11/default-display-manager with your editor of ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 login failure [closed]
I had an old install of 11.10 that I decided to reinstall using the same home folder. So, I reinstalled 11.10 and copied back my entire home folder including configurations. I then decided to use my ...
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How to take a screenshot of login screen? [duplicate]
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How can I take a screenshot of the login screen?
I want to make a screenshot of my Login Screen on Ubuntu 11.10. So far, no method I read here has worked out for me. So ...
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Window Manager and Login Screen Removed After Trying and Uninstalling Gnome Shell
A while back I decided to try the Gnome Shell desktop environment as I've always been a fan of the foundation and the desktop environment. I decided that I'd become used to Unity and that I wouldn't ...
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“input not supported” at login screen after ati driver is installed [closed]
I'm running ubuntu 11.10 and I installed the Ati driver from the oficial page. When i reboot, the grub and the splash screen are working (at lower resolution) but instead of the login screen, it shows ...
