How can i replace the new gdm3 greeter with unity-greeter in ubuntu 18.04?
2 Answers
There is a nice little blog on doing this: Ubuntu 18.04 – Bring back Lightdm login manager. Here are the steps summarized from the blog:
- To install use:
sudo apt-get -y install slick-greeter
- Verify setup using:
lightdm --show-config
- Edit the file
/etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf
to setup login screen wallpaper - To revert back to GDM3 login manager use
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
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1Why do they install slick-greeter instead of just lightdm? Just curious. Aug 3, 2018 at 13:29
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@OrganicMarble I wondered that myself. I believe you recommended
lightdm
to me a few months ago on a different question or answer I posted.sleek-greeter
is a more targeted name. It would be to interesting to research the birthdate of the package. Aug 3, 2018 at 13:31
Simply installing the unity-greeter
package will allow you to change the greeter from gdm3
to the ubuntu themed lightdm
greeter.
Just run sudo apt-get install unity-greeter lightdm --no-install-recommends
During the configuration step you'll be faced with this window.
Press ↵ Enter and you'll get this choice selection screen
Use the arrow keys to select lightdm
and press enter
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