Questions tagged [login-screen]
Questions about the login screen, specifically customizing/troubleshooting it.
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etc/update-motd.d added script which executes. But after change the old version is being executed
My script executes OK. But when I altered it on login the old one is still executing instead of the amended one. Do I need to refresh/restart something (except system :) ) for my changes to be ...
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Can not login to (graphical terminal) and stuttering
I'm new to Linux and chose Ubuntu onto recommendation of The Odin project.
I got an issue that everything is slow and laggy (stuttering) and I tried to fix it with doing system updates. According to ...
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Ubuntu login screen seems like 22.04 after updating to 23.04
I updated Ubuntu 22.04 to 23.04. But after booting up. The login screen seems like it is from 22.04. When I suspend and see the login page it seems like 23.04. And the graphics of buttons at login ...
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Anydesk Start Without Login 22.04
I'm using ubuntu 22.04, and I wanted to remote my computer using anydesk. Unfortunately, sometimes when remoting, I need to restart my computer, preventing me from reconnecting to any desk since I ...
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live session locked out ubuntu-studio 22.10
22.10 Live version locks it's screen & demands a user & password - none of the usual suspects seems to work - may I please know the magic keys ?
I have processes running & cannot get to ...
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Not able to enter password for few seconds at login screen in Kubuntu 23.04
I am using Kubuntu 23.04 on HP Pavilion laptop.
Everything is working fine except one problem at login screen.
I am not able to type a password for the first few seconds(around 10 seconds). Nothing ...
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How to change the log in keyboard layout in Ubuntu 22.04?
I'm a former windows user and completly new to linux and ubuntu (I had no idea what kernel, or booted, or distro was until a day ago). I just installed it to try it out. I am however not able to ...
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No login screen after uninstalling lightdm
I did
sudo apt-get remove lightdm
After logging out I no longer get the login screen. Just a blank screen with a blinking cursor top left. Rebooting results in the same.
I'd like to restore to the ...
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How to customize the login avatar? I want to remove the circle that is automatically put around my picture
The default avatar looked really nice as a transparent ping outline of a person. It had no circle around it so I wanted to put a zergling as my avatar as transparent .png. Unfortunately it ...
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All users not visible after screen lock. Only logged in user is visible
When i lock screen from top right pull down menu. I am not able to login into other users as rest of users are not visible. When I press ctrl alt f1 while logged in I sent to black screen with a ...
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Facing Login Loop in Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa
All of sudden started facing Login Loop.
I tried upgrading packages via tty still no luck.
Tried startx via tty3 and it's success but too irresponsive.
Tried chown .xauthority file with username. ...
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How do I change the login manager's keyboard layout?
I have a netbook with an AZERTY layout. I've changed it to "bépo" to try it, but now I've reset it to a french layout.
While all the apps have taken the change into account, Ubuntu's login manager ...
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Cannot switch keyboard layout at GDM login
I just put my drive with my existing Ubuntu 17.10 installation from my old into my new laptop which has a different keyboard layout and I noticed that the functionality to switch keyboards is missing. ...
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Make GNOME keyboard shortcuts available on lockscreen (login screen )
I configured some usefull custom keyboard shortcut via gnome built-in shortcut feature (for example a keyboard shortcut for quick suspending ).
However, when I lock my computer, they are not available ...
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Force gdm login screen to the primary monitor
I have two monitors attached to my video card. Primary monitor has a resolution equal to 1280x1024 and the second has 1920x1200. My gdm login screen always appears on the second monitor even if it is ...
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black screen in login Ubuntu 22.04
If I turn on my PC and not my monitor when I turn on my monitor the display is black and I don't see the login.
I must turn on the monitor before I turn on the PC to see the login.
With the screen off ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 unable to boot to desktop, stuck at command-line login screen
Ubuntu 22.04 unable to boot to desktop, stuck at command-line login screen after I ran sudo update-initramfs -u
and sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
It only shows login terminal login ...
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sddm blocks screen with on-screen keyboard in Ubuntu 20.04
I have recently installed KDE 5 (kde-plasma-desktop) on Ubuntu 20.04, and as part of the installation, it asked me to switch the login screen manager to sddm.
When sddm starts (either on boot, or ...
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Installed nvidia drivers: black screen with blinking cursor
I was running Wayland on 22.10 using nouveau on a GTX 550 Ti, and decided to install nvidia's 390 drivers using the Additional Drivers tool. The installation finished with asking me to reboot. After ...
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How to change the login screen resolution in Ubuntu 18.04
I need a way to change the boot-up and login screen resolution to 1920 x 1080 resolution. I have a 4K display on my laptop and can't read the text in the grub bootloader screen properly as they aren't ...
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How do I disable the screen going blank for the login screen in Ubuntu 22.04?
How do I prevent the screen from going blank after a period of inactivity for the login screen in 22.04?
I tried setting sleep-inactive-ac-timeout=0 and sleep-inactive-ac-type='nothing' in /etc/gdm3/...
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Unable to login to ubuntu laptop after restart with incomplete upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
I have a dell xps laptop. Yesterday I was running Ubuntu 16.04 and was trying to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 from the command line.
. I ran the following commands in the command line
sudo apt update &...
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Opening laptop shows regular screen for split second before log-in
Upon opening my laptop, the screen always flickers to the regular desktop with all the windows open and readable before going to the log-in screen.
I'm on a ThinkPad E470 currently running Ubuntu 22....
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Ubuntu Budgie: Can't use FN keys on login screen
I can't use FN keys on the login screen in Ubuntu Budgie 18.04.
This means I can't change the brightness or volume.
How can I fix this?
edit:I can use FN after login screen.
my device is asus ...
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How to change Ubuntu Budgie login screen background?
I want to change the Ubuntu Budgie login screen background to the one I'm currently using on my account; Just like it was with the previous Ubuntu versions with Unity with the draw-user-backgrounds ...
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gdm3 login loop, lightdm works in Ubuntu 20.04
A lot of people seem to have this issue, and many people have been able to fix it, but I have used every fix (besides reinstalling Ubuntu or creating a new user and moving stuff over) and have not ...
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Stuck in Login loop Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]
I am stuck in a login loop after restarting and have tried eveything below:
Stuck In Login Loop Ubuntu 20.04 (INFINITE),
https://www.makeuseof.com/fix-ubuntu-login-loop-issue/,
https://www....
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How can I disable passwordless login?
I set my account to be allowed to log in without a password. I only wanted this temporarily, but I can't seem to change it back to how it was before.
How can I make it so that my password is ...
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Black screen with underscore after ASUS logo while booting Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
I am using Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on ASUS Zenbook-N501VW. But when i try boot my system it shows a black screen with underscore (_) sign after ASUS logo. I have tried the solutions mentioned in this ...
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how can i install the mate login screen on ubuntu 20.04?
I just installed mate's desktop on ubuntu focal fossa 20.04. I already have ubuntu unity downloaded on my pc. so the login screen is unity's login screen. how do I change it to mate's login screen via ...
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Is it possible to configure GNOME settings on Ubuntu through dconf database? Or is it possible to have a custom login (greeter) screen on Ubuntu?
I have a custom login screen with a welcome screen on my CentOS machine, and I am trying to figure out how to do this on my Ubuntu as well.
My /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/00-login-screen looks like this:
[org/...
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Input not supported on 75Hz monitor
After getting this new monitor, I have always had display issues with it. This isn’t is just normal Ubuntu, I’ve had issues with every flavor and linux distrobution. For some reason, displaying ...
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mouse and keyboard not working in Ubuntu 22.04
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04. I just got this box (HP Z220 Workstation) back from a student who was using it successfully. However, when I boot, my mouse and keyboard are not working at login.
The machine ...
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Black screen after logging in on "Ubuntu on xorg" in Ubuntu 22.04 lts
I am new to Ubuntu and have some hiccups using the latest one, whenever I change to Ubuntu xorg on logout screen from the gear option everything changes to black can't even navigate what I am doing ...
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Unable to login, blank screen does not revive, after upgrade to 22.04
Yesterday I attempted an OS upgrade from Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS. The machine being upgraded was a new Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 10. Following the upgrade I have two severe problems ...
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login screen no show in a new user ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 22.04.
I maked a new user and when i lock screen the login screen no show.
I need help.
my main user is function correct, no problem.
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Loop login - /tmp permission issue
I am facing loop login issue on Ubuntu 22.10.
I was able to log into the shell and observed the following /tmp permissions:
drwxr-xr-x 20 arnaud arnaud 60K mars 24 08:55 tmp
I was able work around ...
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Kubuntu sddm rotated login screen (20.04)
The login screen has the wrong rotation(portrait). After I log in the rotation is like it should be (landscape).
Where/how do I change the screen rotation of the login screen for kubuntu sddm?
I am ...
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Authentication Required popup blocked access to my laptop
I see this popup after reboot and it doesn't allow me to login into my laptop. Also I can't enter my password into the textbox.
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Ubuntu 22.04 won’t let put the password
I upgraded ubuntu to version 22.04 just today, when it finshed the upgrade, it restarted the machine, however since then when boots and gets to login screen, I can see my username but it won’t move so ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. Login issue after suspend / inactivity
Sometimes i can't login after screen lock due to inactivity or suspend. I type in password, it processes 5 seconds and then clears out the password. Trying several times doesn't work. Only after ...
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When logging into i3 WM with GWM login loop
After I boot up and attempt to login from GWM with i3 WM selected, the screen goes blank for a few seconds then goes back to the login-screen. I can login with any other WM, such as unity, gnome.etc
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How to take a screenshot of login screen
I want to take screenshot of login screen in ubuntu 22.04.1.
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Problem at login following update to Ubuntu Studio 22.04
I have a Lenovo T460p Laptop with Core i5 CPU, 16GB RAM and a 250GB SSD.
Error message at login page:
The current theme cannot be loaded due to the errors below please select another theme.
See ...
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How can I ensure I can login to my laptop with a failing screen?
I have a Lenovo Flex with Ubuntu installed and the screen has been increasingly unreliable (flickering, sometimes just black). I'd like to ensure I can still use the computer when the screen dies, so ...
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Turn off screen, but not Suspend
I have a 16.04 laptop monitoring my IoT stuff. It is constantly Rx/Tx a stream of data via the Serial port and an Arduino Mega. All works great.
I'd like the screen to go black after a period of no ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 password
I am running long running matlab code on Ubuntu 18.04.
Can I do something that requires a password so that there is no user login while the analyzes are being made on the computer ?
So when I'm not at ...
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on startup login screen has default wallpaper
I am on kubuntu 22.04 and when I start up my device, login screen shows the default login background not the one I set in settings.
waking from sleep or locking screen shows correct login screen ...
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LXqt login screen choices - what are the differences?
I tried installing LXqt on Ubuntu. The login screen offers the following choices:
Openbox
Lubuntu
LXQt Desktop
Ubuntu on Xorg
Ubuntu
Ubuntu on Wayland (Wayland)
Ubuntu (Wayland)
What's the difference ...
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Xfce session will not login from login prompt. Why?
Well, not sure how I did it, but for some reason I am unable to get past the login screen on Xfce. What's odd is that I had set the machine up (from install) to login automatically. Then when I ...