Sep 24, 2016 · gdm3, kdm, and lightdm are all display managers. They provide graphical logins and handle user authentication. From a Wiki article,: A display manager presents the user with …

Usually, the lightdm does not start completely, but systemd is able to start all services needed, as their own login manager. Changing tty will let you purge and reinstall the login manager …

May 1, 2022 · I am quite lost on how to set user-specific background. There does not seem to be many resources on this matter. Setting background from gnome-control-center does not work. …

Adding a pre-start script to lightdm get's my script to run before lightdm starts, but I think ligthdm starts x after this, so the settings I change via xinput/xsetwacom are not preserved by the time …

Jun 29, 2011 · I want user foo to auto-login using LightDM (which has been used by Ubuntu since version 11.10). How would I do that?

Aug 24, 2011 · What is the difference between GDM and LightDM? How can one switch between them. I mean if I have selected LightDM during installation process, will I be able switch to GDM?

Oct 30, 2011 · On the odd occasion, usually after incorrectly restarting my computer, my login screen resolution is not the default 1440x900, but I think 1600x900. Now, I have this monitor …

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Mar 31, 2025 · If lightdm is masked or disabled it wont work. systemctl list-dependencies { where lightdm =service }: will give you all service/processes that depend on lightdm running

Feb 11, 2016 · I rotated my screen, and once I login, it works fine. But, the greeter (login) screen hasn't got the message that things are rotated 90 degrees. How can I change the rotation of …