The greeter (login screen) application for Unity. It is implemented as a LightDM greeter.
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Unity session freezes and UI disappears on login
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 with lightdm as my default display manager, with the default session set to ubuntu. After logging in through the standard greeter, unity starts up, and looks fine for roughly ...
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Can't compile unity-greeter-13.04.1 on Ubuntu 12.04
I downloaded the unity-greeter-13.04.1 from https://launchpad.net/unity-greeter. Now I want to compile it to able to install it on my Ubuntu 12.04. But I face below problems while compiling:
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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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login and then blank screen, no desktop 12.10
The install went fine. It updated itself after the install. I rebooted when it Told me so and it came back up to the initial logon. I put in my user name and password and that went away and it ...
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xubuntu lightdm unity-greeter bad looking theme
I'm using xubuntu 12.10 and wanted to use the unity-greeter for the login screen (lightdm). The thing is that I installed the package unity-greeter (and gnome-settings-daemon), changed to ...
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LightDM simply flickers and reloads after trying to log in
I did something a while ago, and I can't remember what it was, but it broke LightDM. My solution since has just been to use GDM, but since I like unity-greeter more, I'd like to get this sorted out ...
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why am i not getting my ubuntu 12.10 login screen back after uninstalling xubuntu 12.10?
I installed xubuntu, then uninstalled it completely, but I am not getting my original log-in screen back. It's a simple log-in screen with the computer's icon, user name, password and session details ...
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Why I get “No Vala Compiler Found” while compiling?
I tried to install Unity Greeter (unity-greeter_0.2.8.orig.tar.gz) to my Ubuntu 12.04 system from source. But after enter ./configure in terminal, following error appeared:
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Can I align/lock the login background to a screen edge?
I have used Ubuntu Tweak to set a custom login screen background, which works well.
I would now like to instead set a very wide image as the desktop background, with the following layout properties:
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Ubuntu 12.04 is stuck in lightdm login (Unity Greeter)
The login and Unity Greeter is working. However, if I try to log-in - in a matter of seconds, it would return to the login screen.
This happened when I tried to install a package and I restarted my ...
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Authentication Failure after Update - New Kernel bug?
I logged in normally this morning.
Then they was a software update with a new linux kernel.
After install of the updates, I restarted, and now when I reach to the login screen, before I even type ...
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Unity Greeter login screen cuts off login options
I have a pretty newly installed Ubuntu 12.04, using Unity. My external monitor is 1920x1080 max resolution. In the Unity desktop itself everything looks great. I have an NVidia graphics card.
When I ...
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How to use the new feature of remote login in ubuntu 12.10?
Recently i have upgraded ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10. I saw a new feature of remote login under the login page. How can i use that remote login? I have got the Ubuntu live account. Searched on internet but ...
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Switching desktop environment from Unity?
Basicall I have installed a few desktop environments. And if you are familiar with Unity, you know that the way switching works, is you get this sort of drop-down with all the environments installed, ...
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How to change font size of the login screen?
I had installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my netbook with maximum resolution of 1024x600, I upgraded to ubuntu 12.10. occasionally I use other GUI because it is more comfortable to me for certain tasks. since I ...
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How to use LightDM Greeter Menu Bar as Standard Menu Bar within a User Session
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Acer Chromebook. I have a greeter installed by default. This thing looks sweet. Transparency on the menu bar. Nice visual effects. My question is: Can I use the ...
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When will the Unity Greeter begin to look like the propositions from the Design Team? [closed]
The Canonical Design Team gave a rather beautiful login screen mockup for the unity greeter. These designs, in my opinion far exceed the current UI that we have for Quantal (which I think is worse, ...
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restore gsettings for lightdm user
How to restore gsettings to default for lightdm user? I used this instructions
sudo su
xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm
sudo su lightdm -s /bin/bash
gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter background ...
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How can I login to Ubuntu 12.xx using my face through the webcam?
This is not a possible duplicate. The other existing duplicate has no answer which can be satisfied.
pam-face-authentication doesn't do the job on Precise Pangolin.
So how is it done with Unity ...
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Cannot usermod -L in LightDM scripts
I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 and use the LightDM. I want to restrict access to the machine as a kind of parental control. This is how it should work
I hook in a script that executes just before the ...
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Multiple monitor resolution LightDM
I use different displays connected to my HDMI ports and the laptop display. In order to resolve LightDM login resolution bug I've developed a script beginning from what written in How to force ...
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Can I change the scale method used by the login screen?
This is a screenshot of my login screen (using unity-greeter --test-mode with the default image replaced)
The bottom left portion of the image is cut-off, because the image is not scaling well ...
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Multiseat problems after 11.10 -> 12.04 upgrade
I have a multiseat configuration with 2 Nvidia cards. Everything was working under 11.10 but since the upgrade I'm having trouble with ligtdm/unity-greeter.
Either lightdm or the unity-greeter now ...
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12.04 login loop
As the title says, I have problem with login. When I enter correctly password and confirm, black screen with log appears for like 0,5 seconds and then it goes back to login screen. Unlike the others, ...
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How to restrict an user to a specific desktop environment
I'm running a more or less standard installation of Ubuntu Precise 12.04 and I am quite satisfied with doing everydays task with Unity desktop environment.
When it comes to playing, however, I feel ...
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How do I get unity-greeter to run?
I want to be able to access alternatives to Unity as it really slows things down with only 2GB of memory.
I thought that if I could get unity-greeter to run that I'd have a choice.
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How do I log in with a user that is not included on the list in Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. I have created a system user so as to keep it out of the login screen with sudo adduser --group --system markpaskal, but I cannot login from the greeter because there ...
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How to change the font in LightDM
I want to change the font in LightDM (Ubuntu 12.04 default login screen) but the unity-greeter.conf file is in blank.
Thank you.
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No unity-greeter.conf file in /etc/lightdm/
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 with gnome-shell. I have two admin user accounts. Now, I used to know that in Precise we can set different different login wallpaper to different different user, so I tried ...
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How do I get the login screen to display a clock/system time? [closed]
I am trying to get the ubuntu login screen to show the system time that updates itself on the login screen. I tried writing a greeter but it gave me the low resolution error at startup
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everything changed in my Desktop after running a command, can anyone help?
after i executed unity-greeter command in terminal, my theme changed into classic gnome and my icons too.
and even some of my icons have been deleted !
i tried to change some files like ...
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Lost gtk theme style in login screen after Compiz crashed
Normally, all controls in login screen (button, textbox, etc..) have the current gtk-theme style. But after Compiz crashed (always happen when I enable or disable a plugin), the style has gone (no ...
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Unity greeter background on Xubuntu 12.04
I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 and using the Unity greeter with LightDM. Everything works well except for I can never change the background. I've tried editing the .conf file, editing the gsettings as the ...
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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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12.04 desktop login loop
I installed 12.04 from CD in a partition where 8.?? had been working. The installation appeared fine but Ubuntu booted to a black screen. After updating packages and fighting with nvidia drivers for a ...
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How do I remove the shutdown button only on the login screen?
I don't want anyone to be able to shut down my computer from the login screen. Can I remove the shutdown button at the top right corner of the login screen in Ubuntu 12.04?
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How can i recover “Ubuntu” or “Ubuntu 2D” sessions?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 lts. When I upgrade from 11.04 i've got some Errors with nautilus. Yesterday I uninstall nautilus and reinstall it. I made the last system update (with a unity-greeter update). ...
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How to fix Unity greeter login/splash screen? [closed]
I've upgraded Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 and after upgrade I see a broken LightDM login screen (strange dots around the screen). When changing login name, the screen's back to normal. How to fix that ...
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Xubuntu 12.04: Use unity-greeter and set user background automatically
on a fresh Xubuntu 12.04 Installation i have set greeter-session=unity-greeter in
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.
Also I have installed unity-greeter gnome-settings-daemon.
Now I want to change the ...
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Unity-Greeter not showing personal wallpaper [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I add customized wallpapers so they appear in the dynamic unity greeter?
I did a fresh install of ubuntu 12.04 64bit and for some reason my personal wallpaper is ...
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How Do I configure LightDM to run seamlessly?
My Unity Greeter/LightDM is working fine in Precise with one exception.
When the greeter first displays the default system wallpaper /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png is visible for 1 ...
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I cannot see the new unity greeter after updated ubuntu to 12.04 [duplicate]
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LightDM is running but does not display on login
I have just updated my ubuntu, but the login screen has not changed to the new fancy greeter.
How can I activate the new ...
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Unity greeter login screen has a garbled white dot grid?
I am running 12.04 on three machines. On one of the machines I am running an Intel 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller as a display adapter. On this particular machine the grid of white ...
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Changing Login Screen Background [closed]
I've been trying to change my login screens background but it always ends up becoming blank (black screen).
I've recently done a fresh install and didn't select the option to encrypt my home folder ...
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How to change the badges for the xsessions in LightDM? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Change circular icon to indicate chosen session in unity-greeter (lightdm)
In LightDM, the sessions now display a "badge" with a logo for the xsessions, but badges ...
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How do I change the purple dotted background in unity-greeter before the default background image?
How do I change the default purple dotted background that appears right before the background image in unity greeter in 12.04 precise?
To be clear, this is in the brief moment right before the ...
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/etc/lightdm/unity-greeter.conf file missing
I have no /etc/lightdm/unity-greeter.conf file. but there is /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and /etc/lightdm/users.conf but there isn't a background=path/to/image line in either of those files.
Related:
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How to change circular icon to indicate chosen session in unity-greeter?
In Precise (12.04), when I login to lightdm, using the unity-greeter, there's a white circle by my name. For the standard DEs like Unity or XFCE, the circle has a representative icon (Ubuntu symbol ...
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How to take a screenshot of login screen? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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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How can I invoke a user switch from the command line?
In 11.10 I used 'gdmflexiserver -xnest' to switch users without logging out however I think gdm has now been completely removed.
I'm trying to bind a keyboard shortcut to do the equivalent of 'Me ...
