Questions tagged [gdm]
GNOME Display Manager (GDM) is a program which provides Ubuntu GNOME's graphical login screen.
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Is there to make the login screen appear on the external display in 18.04?
On Ubuntu 18.04, I have connected my laptop to an external display and I am able to set the external display as primary and external display only mode. But when I turn on my laptop or log out from my ...
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How do I switch from LightDM to GDM?
How do I switch from the default display manager (Lightdm) to the older display manager (GDM)?
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How do I change login screen theme or background in Ubuntu 20.04?
How can I change the Ubuntu 20.04 login screen theme or background?
In the previous version 19.10, I can change it from the CSS file under Yaru theme but now there is no CSS file.
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GDM3 does not start in Ubuntu 18.04
I recently upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu 17.04 to 18.04. It worked perfectly well and I have been using it without any problem, but yesterday I issued sudo apt upgrade and it upgraded some packages.
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Remote login with graphical display manager (GDM, LightDM)
Is it possible to remotely (via ssh) make a login to GDM?
I'll explain a situation in which I'd need this:
I'm on my laptop and connect to my desktop via ssh. I realize there are some updates ...
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How do I switch between console mode and GUI in 17.10 and newer?
After upgrading to 17.10 like a true pioneer, I found the old CtrlAltF1 no longer switches between console mode and GUI, and a quick Google search brought up nothing useful. Was this feature removed ...
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Why is my GDM at a different TTY than my desktop environment?
I am running Ubuntu Gnome 16.10 (64bit). Gnome-shell version 3.20.4.
When I start my computer, I eventually see GDM3 offering a login prompt, as expected.
After I log in, my monitors flash a little (...
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How to change from GDM to LightDM?
I've upgraded to 12.04. My upgrade didn't go as expected; X crashed at the middle of the upgrade. I had to install many packages manually.
This left me with a GDM login screen. How do I change from ...
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How to hide users from the GDM login screen?
I have recently added several new users, that I need for qmail. Now they appear in the box in the login screen and clutter it, and I have to scroll to find my user. How can I hide those users from the ...
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How does one exit the X server?
The command sudo service gdm stop would successfully disable the X server in Ubuntu 11.04 temporarily.
However, this same command no longer works in Ubuntu 11.10, because "gdm" is an "unrecognized ...
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18.04: How to get Wayland back after upgrade to 18.04?
Since 17.10 I got familiar with Wayland and I really need the per-monitor-scaling!
How can I start a wayland session after dist-upgrade to Bionic? There is no option in GDM available out-of-the-box.
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Cannot change login screen background in 18.10
I changed both the desktop and login screen background photos. However,only desktop photo is changed. The one on the login screen is still the purple Ubuntu one. Is this a bug?
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Ubuntu 18.04 booting in console mode even after reinstalling drivers
So basically I just did one thing (or one mistake I would say): apt-removing python2 and python3 since I wanted to reinstall it for other reasons.
During the process I think it may removed something ...
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How to make the lock screen look like the login screen?
Is there any way to make the login screen from a locked session (either by using Ctrl+Alt+L or from a screen timeout) look like the login screen when you're starting a new session? I hate that ...
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How do I replace the desktop by an application?
Sometimes it may be needed that a user only has access to a certain application. Running the desktop environment then may be unwanted be it either for security reasons or for acchieving a better ...
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How can I change the login screen theme in GDM?
How can I change the Login screen theme? Is there a graphical way or no?
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What's the difference between GDM and LightDM?
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?
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Resolution issue causing login screen loop
My ubuntu (version 10.10 I think) is stuck in loop at the login screen. Looks like it could be a resolution issue. - I have an nvidia graphics card (gs 8400). I previously had it connected to a 19" ...
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How to disable login sound? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I disable the drum beat sound on the login screen?
How do I disable the login sound?
I have tried all guides on the internet I can find, but they are for previous ...
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How can I replace LightDM with MDM?
Linux Mint Cinnamon 1.4 released with "MDM display manager". It is based on the code of GDM2.20. It provides:
Graphical configuration tools
Themeability
Remote, automatic and timed login
Event ...
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How to restart only missing/invisible mouse pointer/cursor?
For some reason, the mouse pointer on my Ubuntu 10.04 PC disappears after the computer is woken up from suspend. That PC is missing a keyboard, so I can fix this by logging via ssh, and issuing:
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How to get the GNOME 3 login manager installed?
I was wondering if it is possible to get the GNOME 3.2 GDM login theme working on Ubuntu 11.10. I installed GDM alongside LightDM, but the GDM greeter is really ugly.
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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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How can I change the order of the users in the login screen?
I have several user accounts on a machine my mother uses most of the time. How can I sort the users so that her account shows up first in the list?
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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 to login to the Ubuntu (not GNOME) session on a remote server using xRDP?
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 running on a remote server, which I am accessing over xRDP.
When I login, it seems to load the "GNOME on X.Org" (and not the Ubuntu) session. Since I am using RDP, I ...
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How do I make GDM the default display manager?
I believe my question says what I am trying to achieve.
Steps I tried to make gdm my default display manager:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure than select gdm as my default.
Edit /etc/X11/default-display-...
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Scaling Gnome login screen on HiDPI display
Running Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 on Lenovo yoga 2 pro. Display is 3200x1800. My desktop scales fine, and was done automatically without any configuration when installing. My login screen however, everything ...
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How can I make a script run automatically after gdm login and logout?
I have a setup where my users log on using ldap and it works just fine.
I want to run a script after my users login (its a script that will detect which groups they are in and map network shares ...
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GNOME: supend on laptop lid close no longer works since 19.10 upgrade
I'm quite positive that this used to work flawlessly in 19.04 (and past releases) but no longer does after a release-upgrade to 19.10 (kernel 5.3.0-24, ThinkPad X1 Carbon gen 5 in case this matters).
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18.04 recently lost tap-to-click at login (gdm)
I recently lost tap-to-click ability at the login screen (gdm). I originally enabled it in 17.10 and it survived into 18.04 until a few days ago. So I'm not sure what happened.
I followed ...
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Installing Nvidia Graphics drivers on Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04
I am using Ubntu-GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.20
When I install Nvidia graphic drivers by sudo apt-get install nvidia-361 , I am facing the following problems.
During the installation of Nvidia-361, it ...
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How do I kill the x-server?
Every time I try to kill the x-server,
sudo service lightdm stop
so that I can install the latest Nvidia drivers, I get an error message.
stop: Unknown instance:
What am I doing wrong?
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How to disable GUI on boot in 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)?
It appears that sudo systemctl disable gdm3 && sudo systemctl disable gdm do not work in 18.04 to disable the windowing system at bootup. What's the method for doing this now?
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How to install the full GNOME desktop as close to upstream as possible?
Just like the title says. I don't want just Gnome Shell I want to know how to install the whole entire desktop, with the latest GDM(not the 3.0.4 currently in the repos), all the default apps, all of ...
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lightdm doesn't start
Today when I started Ubuntu, it didn't start lightdm, showing a black screen.
I changed to console Ctrl-Alt-F1 and tried to start lightdm manually
sudo start lightdm
It threw me to the graphic ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Login window loop
Is there any reason the login window would stop working and start looping? I'm running 18.04. I normally RDP into the ubuntu box, but that isn't working now. Using a keyboard and mouse, I see my ...
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Disable auto-login from the CLI
After successfully installing Ubuntu and logging in to the Unity desktop, I followed the prompts to enable the proprietary display drivers.
After rebooting, the Unity desktop is now entirely ...
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Ubuntu 17.04 does not boot when enable gdm3
Recently I switched from Ubuntu 16.10 to Ubuntu 17.04. Reading this news, Ubuntu 18.04 To Ship with GNOME Desktop, Not Unity, I decided to switch to gnome.
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell gnome
At ...
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gdm not working with Ubuntu 15.10
I just upgraded to 15.10, and everything went smoothly. One of the first things I did was install gnome-shell, and switch from lightdm to gdm. However, when I restarted, after an initial purple Ubuntu ...
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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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How to set unity as default after installing ubuntu-gnome-desktop in Ubuntu 16.04?
Recently I installed gnome-desktop in my Unity Ubuntu 16.04.Now I want to set my Unity desktop environment as default.
I installed Gnome by using these commands :
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-...
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How to assign a priority number to "update-alternatives --config gdm3.css" in a single cmdline?
I am able to run these commands in the terminal:
$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gdm3.css gdm3.css /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/mytheme/mytheme.css 10
$ sudo update-...
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Login screen problem, boots into text mode instead of GDM [closed]
I cannot enter to the normal Login interface. If I do it will enter into tty1 mode. I just can enter using recovery mode. How can I solve this problem?
This happened 3 month before and after I just ...
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Unable to switch to gdm3 in 17.04
I'm trying to get the full gnome experience and I was trying to switch from lightdm to gdm3. I did this by changing /etc/X11/default-display-manager.
The problem is that, after closing the session, ...
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Ubuntu 18.10: Screen lock options grayed out
Recently upgraded to Ubuntu 18.10, having two problems.
Easiest to explain: when I open "settings", go to "privacy", select "screen lock", I get the popup window with the screen lock settings, but ...
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Is gdm3 preferred to lightdm?
I have hard a hard time finding good information on the performance difference between display managers on Ubuntu (specifically between lightdm and gdm3).
With Ubuntu switching to Gnome, I would ...
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Multi display issue with Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 [closed]
Fresh install of Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 with 3 displays (fglrx driver).
I can correct the screens order in System Settings / Display but it is not saved when I close the session and reopen it.
Screens ...
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Black screen after waking from suspend on Ubuntu 20.04
I am very new to linux. On my laptop I have a multiboot with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 on the same disk.
The problem is when I suspend to RAM and then wake it up by pressing the power button, the ...
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How do I access console from GDM ? (wayland)
When on GDM login screen, Ctrl+Alt+F3 ... F7 does not work.
After logging into GNOME desktop, then Ctrl+Alt+F1 will bring me to GDM, F2 back to GNOME, and F3 to F7 to a TTY terminal.
But before I log ...
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