I decided to install OpenBox on Ubuntu Server. I installed it using sudo apt install openbox obmenu obconf lightdm lxterminal firefox. After a reboot, I logged in and was taken to Gnome. I had to switch to Openbox from lightdm. My question is, how do I uninstall Gnome? EDIT: I am running Ubuntu 19.10, I … Read more
Xubuntu 19.10. Asus ZenBook UX390U About 1 in 5 “close the lid to sleep” cycles, when I open the laptop back up I have a mouse cursor, and the view of my previous session, but nothing is responsive, and the display manager doesn’t kick-in (I’ve tried both lightdm and lxdm). If I turn off “lock … Read more
I’ve an Intel NUC6i3SYH running Debian GNU/Linux with LightDM 1.26.0-3, LightDM GTK+ Greeter 2.0.6-1 and Light Locker 1.8.0-3. When I lock my session, disconnect the DisplayPort cable from my monitor and the try to log in, LightDM crashes (but not really, since systemctl status lightdm still show shows the same time next to ‘Active’) and … Read more
Problem I’m transitioning the configuration of my multihead monitors from using some rather ugly scripts to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf. My layout has two monitors of 1920×1200, one rotated left. The scripts were able to configure this just fine using the following command: xrandr \ –output “DP-1” \ –mode 1920×1200 \ –pos 1200×360 \ –rotate normal \ –primary … Read more
I’m using Debian Buster where I have Kerberos, LDAP and SSSD working. I was mounting my home directory on the client using NFS however I realized it was insecure. So I implemented Kerberos mounting. However when trying to login through lightdm on boot it goes black and boots me back to the lightdm login screen … Read more
Lately, I keep getting booted into low graphics mode (using Intel, I don’t have a xorg.conf) and when viewing startup errors it says “Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0“ This forces me to manually do “sudo gdm” from console, which works and loads my desktop. This is my boot-up log (http://wrttn.in/676285) … Read more
First I must admit that I did something really stupid. I de-installed unity from my ubuntu 12.04 LTS to install kubuntu-desktop as I wanted to try out a different desktop environment. The problem is that by de-installing unity it also de-installed my login screen. Apparently ldm and gdm are not included in the kubuntu-desktop package. … Read more
I’ve tried both gdm and lightgdm but no matter what I do, I get logged in to Gnome Classic (No Effects). The terminal’s transparency is a nuisance here and I completely do not want to work on anything until things start looking pretty again. I just want to be able to use the proper Gnome … Read more
I have upgraded my Ubuntu from 13.04 to 13.10. And now after the system restart; there are only two options appears on screen as guest session and remote login. How can I get back the manual login option in my login screen? Answer lightdm is the default display manager in Ubuntu. somehow your default value … Read more
After I upgraded to 13.10 an ugly white icon theme appeared at top panel of lightdm, which does not fit bluish theme. I am using zorin greeter. I also tried gtk greeter but I didn’t like it. I took a pic of current lightdm theme using lightdm –test-mode Above picture doesn’t reflect actual appearance, icons … Read more
