Questions tagged [gdm]
GNOME Display Manager (GDM) is a program which provides Ubuntu GNOME's graphical login screen.
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Change login screen with gksudo -u gdm ... does not work
I try to change the appearance of the login screen in ubuntu 10.10 with
gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties
but it doesn't work. i get the following error.
(gnome-appearance-...
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How do I set up automatic login?
How do I get 10.04 (Lucid) to log me in automatically on each reboot?
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Where is the order of names in gdm login screen stored? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I change the order of the users in the login screen?
Where is the users' login history stored that governs the order in which the users' names appear in the login ...
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gnome-power-manager is running while trying to log in. How to get rid of it? [closed]
After booting into the ubuntu login screen and clicking on my user name and entering the password, I get a dialog stating that gnome-power-manager is still running. The dialog presents 2 buttons, 1 to ...
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How do you add a new window manager to the gdm menu?
So, I've been having trouble finding a definitive answer on how to do this. I've compiled and installed a window manager that is not available in the ubuntu package repositories, and now I'm ...
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Takes forever to login?
After upgrading to 10.04, Ubuntu takes a long time (1-2 minutes) to login after typing the credentials. The majority of this time the dialog box says "checking credentials". How do I even go about ...
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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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On screen keyboard malfunctioning on login screen
The problem is the login screen is divided into two showing a onscreen keyboard like thing in the left side and the same magnified in the other side. Also it is giving the error message as /usr/lib/...
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How can I use NetworkManager in GDM?
I need to connect to a specific wireless network before being able to successfully connect to my user account, since it needs access to a secured LDAP server.
The same applies when I am outside of ...
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Can't seem to get my login screen back after installing slim
At one point I switched from GDM to slim and now I can't seem to get past the splash screen. After pressing Esc I can see that it is stuck on Starting X Display Manager: Slim. I need to get back to ...
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How to log-in via TTY by instead of GDM? [closed]
I want my Ubuntu box to boot directly into a tty login screen and after it does that I want it to automatically run startx how would I go about doing this?
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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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What's the state of multi-seat in 10.04 Lucid? [closed]
Ubuntu used to support multiseat (that is multiple monitors, multiple keyboards and mice, all hanging off a single computer) pretty well once upon a time. Support wasn't an official feature but gdm ...
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Starting a guest session from the login screen
I was wondering what is the best way to start the guest session from the login screen (GDM).
Currently, I created a new user called 'ubuntu-guest' (has to be something other than 'guest'). Then added ...
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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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How do I disable GDM and Graphical User Selection?
The new Ubuntu features a completely unkillable GDM. Is there a way to disable it?
It is not enabled in services , the GDM startup script is deleted, it is removed from update.rc but it still starts ...
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