Questions about the login screen, specifically customizing/troubleshooting it.
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Set wallpaper in the Lock Screen
Is there an app or some way to set the desktop wallpaper as viewable when only logged in, and to set another when logged out or locked? I've tried Ubuntu Tweak, but it only does the login wallpaper, ...
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Multimonitor in login screen vs. lock screen
I have a multiple monitor setup with two screens. The login screen uses dual monitor mode (as seen on the first picture), but the lock screen (CTRL + ALT + L) uses only a single monitor and disables ...
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How to get 12.04's login screen (lightdm) to display the shutdown menu like 10.04 when the computer's physical power button is pressed?
In Ubuntu 10.04 while at the login screen (gdm), when the computer's physical power button was pressed a screen popped up that offered options on shutting down the system (shutdown, restart, cancel, ...
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Login password problem
I am using kubuntu 12.10.
My problem is when my kubuntu starts, in login screen it shows my name & a field for giving password (previously what i have choose for my account). But if at this ...
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Login Wallpaper Spanning Dual Monitors in 12.04
Is there a way to make the background on the login screen span dual monitors rather than being mirrored? I know it's possible for the actual wallpaper when you're logged in but can't find an option ...
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Starting minecraft logs me out of ubuntu 12.04
Whenever I start minecraft I can only get past the login screen. After that, the screen flashes dark, occasionally showing a Checking battery state ... [OK], and then it brings me to the login ...
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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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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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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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I can't access to my session
I try to log in my session but the login screen reappeared each time , the password is correctly entered.
NB: the guest session is accessible
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Can't log in after waking up from sleep
I have this issue since the first time I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Whenever my laptop wakes up from sleep the log in screen looks like this:
In order to log in I end up restarting my system and ...
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Lubuntu Unable to Login with GUI. Coloured lines\bars
I am new to Linux. I successfully installed Lubuntu 12.10 alternate version "lubuntu-12.10-alternate-i386". I checked the .iso file using "WinMd5Sum" and it was proper. I burned it and checked error ...
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permanent desktop background
Is it at all possible the have the login screen desktop background remain permanent for all users and prevent them from changing to whatever they desire? We are currently using GDM with 12.04 LTS.
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is my hardware not compatible?
I have a fx4100 a radeon 6670 a gigabyte moboard and 8 GB of dddr3 ram. The failure occurs once I attempt to log in to my account. Is the hardware causing the problem? It's a diy build so I can ...
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12.04 Can wireless network be active at login?
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 box that is no longer going to be used as a desktop. I would like to be able to switch it on and let it automatically connect to the wireless network so i can ssh into it if ...
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Very slow startup after login screen with SSD: how to troubleshoot?
Background:
I was trying to solve a problem I had with Libreoffice and installed/uninstalled a couple of packages (it is a fresh install of 12.10 Quantal). I don't know if it is related but there is ...
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Advanced Login Screen Editing
I've been trying to find out how I can further customize the login screen on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Is this something that can be done in terms of moving the actual window for the username and password ...
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monitor not turning off at login screen
Since upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 I noticed that the monitor stopped turning off (standby or suspend) when at the login screen. I have been able to configure the monitor to sleep when logged in ...
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Issue in the initialization of Ubuntu 12.10. How to proceed?
50% of the times I turn my pc on, I am having an issue after the selection of Ubuntu in the grub.
The screen becomes purple and stays that way forever. I can hear the little sound that Ubuntu does ...
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How to disable sliding login screen in Gnome 3.6?
I am using Gnome 3.6 and I am quite annoyed by the login screen when my computer wakes up. The new implementation in Gnome includes two steps. First you have to hit Esc or click and drag upward ...
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Unable to change desktop environment in 12.10
I upgraded to 12.10 some days ago and now I'm unable to change between the environments. I currently have GNOME 3 (with extensions), KDE and, of course, Unity installed. The computer is a Lenovo G550.
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When laptop turned on, and Ubuntu is chosen for OS, I get a blank purple screen and can't log on. How do I fix this problem?
I turn on the computer.
I can select either Windows 7 or Ubuntu.
When I select Windows 7 it works well.
When I select Ubuntu, it normally works well.
But right now when I select Ubuntu,
It leads ...
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Cycles through black screen on login after changing password
On my laptop, I forgot the password to my Ubuntu partition, so I logged into the root command shell on the recovery start up option in GRUB so that I could change the password.
On my first attempt to ...
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After logging in the screen goes jagged and distorted
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 off a disc. When I rebooted, put in my password, and pressed enter, the screen got all jagged and distorted and nothing would respond. After waiting a while, I figured ...
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Can't log in after waking up Ubuntu 13.04 from suspend
After I suspend my laptop and try to log back in, a bunch of messages appear really fast (something like NOUVEU is in the message, but I can't read it all because it disappears after about 15 seconds) ...
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Can't get past login screen on 12.04 server. How to get past it?
AS of right now, I am unable to log into my machine. No GUI is installed, so all I have is the CLI. The computer boots, and then comes to logon prompt. I can put in my username (the only one on the ...
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I can't see login screen
I'm a user using ubuntu 12.10, and recently, I got a problem loging in in ubuntu.
It was working fine till yesterday, but since yesterday, whenever I try to start ubuntu, only orange-yellow screen is ...
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Not able to login in ubuntu
I changed my etc/environment with path set for ORACLE_HOME and rebooted the system.
It created one more user as oracle in my login screen, now after a reboot I am trying to
login as usual but it is ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 login screen: go directly to user background, not via default
I know I'm being rather picky here, but is there a way to configure lightdm so that when the login screen shows after boot it directly shows the selected user's background, instead of first loading ...
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Switching OS's on the fly
Is it possible to load Ubuntu after you boot in windows and shut windows down and then switch it back?
Just for fun
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Why Ubuntu is freezing at the login screen?
I have windows 7 installed on my PC and I also have Ubuntu 12.10. When I choose to boot with windows 7 it starts just fine, but when I boot with Linux it freezes at the sign in screen.
Can anyone ...
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12.04.2 update problems
I'm having problems with the update to 12.04.2 (x64).
I ran the updates and rebooted the machine. It started backup in TTY1 (I've had this happen before no biggy) so I hit Ctrl+Alt+F7 and got ...
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Why do I get a temporary grey screen after I log into unity 2D?
I have a Acer Aspire One with a Intel Atom N2600 with integrated graphics and 1GB RAM.
And after I login to unity 2D I get a grey screen for a short period of time. Is there any way I can fix this ...
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Won't let me log in after updating
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed alongside Windows 8 on a HP Pavilion g7 1303 (x64). I ran the update manager and selected everything and updated. Then I restarted the computer and when it comes to the ...
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Set up fingerprint scanner for use with log in
I have an Acer Aspire 8930g, I have 32bit Ubuntu and have a fingerprint scanner.
Does anyone know how to set up the scanner so I can scan my finger when it asks for password input, either when I sudo ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 login screen doesn't appears after update
First I had this problem after update Low graphics mode after upgrade to 12.04, then I solved it, I had another one. When I launched ubuntu there was a normal loading screen. Then the mouse appeared. ...
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Login Screen Cycles
After installing recommended updates and rebooting, I am stuck on the Login Screen. After entering my password, the screen goes black, and then I am returned to the Login Screen. I can login from the ...
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ubuntu 12.10 login screen restart and shutdown button not working
ubuntu 12.10 login screen restart and shutdown button not working
Nothing to say more actually.
What am i doing wrong?
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How to convert MDM theme to GDM theme?
Recently I have installed MDM Display Manager in Ubuntu 12.10 with Cinnamon.
I don't know why Manager Login Window can't install mdm themes, only accepts GDM.
So How can I convert a MDM theme to ...
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Why does setting login screen banner text doesn't work in gnome3.6 ubuntu 12.10?
I Would like to set the login screen banner text. I Used dconf editor to enable org.gnome.login-screen.banner-message-enable and set the org.gnome.login-screen.banner-message-text
Tried setting the ...
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How to login on X from tty1
I want to login to my account on tty7, i.e., the X-Server from tty1 after I say, restart lightdm. xdotool doesn't seem to work here. Does anyone know how to do this?
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How to change the font on the LightDM login screen
I want to change the font of the unity greeter screen usernames etc...
I saw this link but it says no such file exists!
so how can i get it done?
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Mouse lagging on 12.10 login page
I just installed ubuntu 12.10 and it seems the mouse lags/is choppy (it will momentarily stick to the page and then appear where I had gestured to instantly every half second or so) on the login page. ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Login screen doesn't show background
I own two laptops, and upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 on both of them. On one of them, when I get to the login screen, I see a nice interface with the same background image as the desktop, and a nice ...
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lightdm does not autostart - no login screen!
When I boot up my system, I don't get a login screen, just the boot log scrolling by, repeating after a while lines like this:
* Starting anac(h)ronistic cron [ OK ]
* Stopping anac(h)ronistic cron ...
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Login screen in 12.10 never displays without manual intervention
I just upgraded to 12.10 and I noticed that whenever I boot up, I need to press CTRL + ALT + F7 to get the login screen to appear.
This didnt happen in 12.04 , so I don't know how to fix it.
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Purple flickering screen on log in?
I've installed the latest version of Ubuntu on my PC. Every time I boot, I get a purple flickering screen. It takes me to the log in screen (I know this because i can hear the noise that indicates ...
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New User logs faster than old user
my main user on ubuntu is about one year old, and it has become very very slow to log in (after I enter password it takes time to show anything) but for guest user or another new user it is very fast.
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ubuntu log-in screen is broken what to do?
It all happenned after i tried to upgrade my gnome-shell 3.4.1 to v3.5.4. I didnt know that it was an unstable release. The first problem was that the wallpaper was busted with improper colour ...
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Kubuntu 12.04 - Failed to load session 'gnome'
Since the upgrade from Kubuntu 11.10 to 12.04, everytime I want to log in the computer starts doing something and then the message
Failed to load session 'gnome'
appears with the button ...
