Display Managers
Jonathan Chan edited this page Oct 16, 2022
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- Enable/disable display manager:
sudo systemctl enable/disable {lightdm, sddm, gdm, ...}
- Sessions:
/usr/share/xsessions/*.desktop
- Greeters:
/usr/share/xgreeters/*.desktop
- Install and configure greeter:
- Slick greeter (
lightdm-slick-greeter
):lightdm-settings
to configure - GTK+ greeter (
lightdm-gtk-greeter
):lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings
to configure
- Set up default greeter in
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
:For more options, see here.[Seat:*] ... greeter-session={slick-greeter, lightdm-gtk-greeter, ...}
- Reload with
sudo systemctl restart lightm
and test withdm-tool switch-to-greeter
.