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Ubuntu 17.10 and Nvidia Drivers
I got a new machine without any OS in it. The very first thing I did was to install Ubuntu 17.10.
Here are some specs;
i7 7700HQ
GTX 1060 6 GB
Samsung EVO 960 PRO m2 + 2 TB Seagate HDD
The ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 crashes to console, sometimes!
I have a fresh artful_x64, with preinstalled softwares, and experiencing GUI crash(using default wayland), and screen jumps to boot console log(at last line when it was booting up).
When I log back ...
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Remove GDM with Lightm installed
I' m using ubuntu 17.10 which comes preinstalled with GDM.
However though i dont like GDM i installed LightDM.
My question is now can i remove GDM without any issues?
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How to rotate login screen in gdm3
I am using Ubuntu 17.10, wayland and gnome in a 3 monitors configuration. And the monitor in the middle is rotated to vertical orientation. When I log in all works well, but the login screen is ...
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Cannot login using Gnome after upgrade from 16.04 to 17.10
I am getting a login loop after upgrading from 16.04 to 17.10.
At the login screen, I can enter my password and hit enter. Screen goes black for about 2 seconds and then I am back where I started.
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GDM and GNOME at wrong resolution
I'm trying to setup Ubuntu 17.10 and having all sorts of issues with screen resolution. The login screen sets the resolution to 1920x2160 (have no idea where it is getting this from) which is ...
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How to change the time to change to a black screen during the login prompt
Is there a way to change the timeout to change to a black screen during the login prompt?
As it is, whenever I open up the laptop and resume from suspend, after pressing a key, the login screen ...
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Use Adapta theme for Lock Screen
I have installed the Adapta theme.
I successfully enabled the Adapta Nokto them on the GDM3 Login Screen using:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gdm3.css gdm3.css /usr/...
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How to change all purple color during login?
I changed the default color of GDM on Ubuntu 17.10 to grey, changed the plymouth theme to spinner from plymouth-themes, and changed the grub background to my liking.
Still, after I type my password ...
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Ubuntu 17.10: Disable user list in GDM
I have the following system:
$ lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 17.10
Release: 17.10
Codename: artful
$ gdm3 --version
GDM 3.26.1
I would like to disable ...
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How to switch between console mode and GUI in 17.10 in X.Org mode? [duplicate]
This is related to this question about How to switch between console mode and GUI in 17.10?. I tried the highly-upvoted answer, which sounds like it is correct, but it does not work for me.
I am ...
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How do I add Xorg/Wayland server arguments through GDM?
[Not important, Ubuntu 17.10]
With LightDM, I was able to modify a file called '50-xserver-command.conf' so I could add the -retro option (just because I could and I wanted it); however, with the new ...
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17.10 Wrong resolution in grub & boot loading screen & login screen
Newly installed Ubuntu 17.10.
Monitor: 2560x1080 60hz resolution with HDMI cable.
At boot loading I had some weird glitches as described in this question .
I disabled wayland in boot loading screen ...
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Upgraded Ubuntu 17.10 is not quite the same as the newly installed one
My ubuntu 17.10 is running with gnome-shell on Wayland. It was upgraded from ubuntu 16.04 which had already had gnome-shell installed and ubuntu unity removed.
The gnome-shell desktop now, however, ...
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How do I find the gear icon to change from GNOME to Unity in 17.10?
On the login screen, we are supposed to click a gear icon to change between graphical different session types (such as different desktop environments). But I cannot see this gear icon in Ubuntu 17.10.
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How to keep graphical session running in 17.10 when external screen is turned off?
On Ubuntu 17.10 using Nvidia Quadro M2000, when the (external) screen stops consuming the DisplayPort data stream (either because the screen is turned off or a different input is chosen on the screen ...
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How to configure GDM font hinting and anti-aliasing?
Which files are used to configure the font rendering on the GDM login screen, and what are the fields that are used to change the hinting and anti-aliasing?
I am able to set the desktop font ...
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Gnome session broken on Ubuntu 17.10
My dell inspiron 660s with intel graphics ran Ubuntu 16.04.3 for a year with no issues, and I decided to give 17.10 a try.
After installing 17.10, ubuntu restricted extras, lowlatency kernel, and ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 is not running Wayland
I am experiencing some strange problems in Ubuntu 17.10. At the login screen I am missing the small icon that allows changing between X and Wayland. In fact, the default installation is running X and ...
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