Questions tagged [greeter]
Greeter is the operating system's lock/login screen. It is handled by the LightDM display manager and known as "Pantheon Greeter" in elementary OS, though other greeters are available.
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Unable to interact with lockscreen after installing bumble bee
I recently installed bumblebee to set my Nvidia gpu as default for steam.
After reboot the lock screen or any display never came up, so I booted into recovery and purged bumblebee,
Upon next reboot, ...
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Black screen after wake after accidental greeter change
I installed eOS a while ago and I'm pretty happy with it, but a few days ago came a problem. I was playing around with Solaar to get my mouse's SmartShift to work and I may have downloaded and ran the ...
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Prevent login loop
I recently faced the famous login loop in ubuntu 18 and I tried everything to fix it yet I was not able to do so, since i was just getting started with ubuntu and i had nothing on it I decided to ...
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Can't login - hard disk is full due to massive log files
I am running Elementary OS (5.1.6 Hera) on my laptop and everything was running fine. And then one day, I just couldn't log in. Entering the password just refreshed the screen and showed the interface ...
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Cannot login to my original account: io.elementary.greeter Unable to Log In Starting the session has failed (Can't find session 'xfce')
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Session returned error code 1
I was attempting to install VNC Server via this walk-through, but this is where I went wrong (hindsight being 20/20):
sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies
I have ...
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Mouse and keyboard unresponsive on login screen; cannot switch to tty
So out of the blue my elementaryOS 5.1 has stopped responding on the login screen. Whereas yesterday everything worked perfectly fine, today I get stuck because both mouse and keyboard stop working ...
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getting NumLock to be on by default on start login screen (SOLVED)
I installed elementaryos-0.4.1-stable.20170517.iso several times on my intel/nvidia laptop the first time i did the install i could enter numbers on my numpad. After doing a clean install, now on boot ...
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Settings of welcome wizard and possibility to deactivate the wizard for new users?
running elementary OS 5.1.6 Hera with configured "manual login" via LDAP I would like to deactivate the welcome wizard which asks for
location service
night mode
auto-delition of (temp) ...
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Switching into password field with TAB key?
running elementary OS 5.1.6 Hera on a Mac with activated LDAP login "manual login" I can not switch into the password field after providing the username. Hitting the TAB key after typing the ...
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How to enable manual login?
I would like to login as root, but I cannot find a way to enable manual login on Elementary OS.
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Login screen items misplaced
I installed elementaryOS 2 days ago and everything works fine.
The only issue I was not able to resolve:
The time displayed on the login screen is cut off and the items seem to be misplaced ...
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Error logging in Lightdm - Hera 5.1
'Unable to Log In
Starting the sessions has failed.
Erro -> Session returned -> error code 1'
Using gdm3 I can log in normally, with Lightdm that Elementary uses I can't log in.
I already ...
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How to roll back a video driver from the command line?
I decided to try to install the proprietary nVidia drivers. It should have been the '390 drivers but I installed '340 instead (forgot which graphics card I had). Now, when I reboot, the login screen ...
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Can't type in my password when waking laptop from sleep mode
When I put my Vaio E Series laptop into sleep mode and wake it up, I can move my mouse and click things, but can't type my password with my keyboard at the login screen. I can click the submit ...
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Elementary OS 5.1 Hera (based Ubuntu 18.04) automatic logout session occasionally
occasionally my pc with elementary os 5.1 (based on Ubuntu 18.04) makes automatic logout session. This problem comes up, after minutes, when I change virtual desktop (ex. clicking on telegram notify ...
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Elementary OS keeps on booting into a disabled administrator account
In order to better be able to administer my workstation which is used by the entire household I have set up one administrator account and took away administrator privileges for all the others. However ...
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I am unable to login “infinite login loop”
I've tried just about everything I've found suggested. Every time I put in my password, it looks like it is logging in, but then it cycles back to the password entry page.
Anyone have this issue as ...
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Resum from suspend briefely shows running application before login prompt, fault found on Thinkpad T430 and T460
When opening the lid on either my ThinkPad T430 or T460 for a short period I can see what I was working on when I closed the lid, then the password / system login prompt appears after.
This is a ...
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Elementary OS greeter screen resolution issue
I am definitely stuck with the problem. I may change user session screen resolution easily, but the greeter stays with ugly unreadable microscopic text. I have read multiple "solutions" ...
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Elementaryos Hera (5,1) how to disable tablet mode in login screen
Recently I installed elementaryos Hera to my dell inspiron 5378 which is a 2 in 1 laptop. Whenever I unlock my pc, my pc is in tablet mode in most of the time which disables the keyboard and sometimes ...
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Can't login, recurring password prompt possibly due to filesystem full
NOOB alert
I have been using elementary os for a couple of months without issue. I noticed a couple of days ago a low file space alert. So I increased my root partition from 12 GB to 26 GB which ...
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Can't login after upgrade
The default Software Updater was not working correctly. It was giving the message "An upgrade from 'freya' to 'trusty' is not supported with this tool."
So I did:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get ...
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Keyboard unresponsive on lockscreen
Sometimes, not all the time, there is a 5 seconds lag on lockscreen before I can type my password. More of a lag, it's really like the OS is taking his time to enable typing on the keyboard, no keys ...
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How do i replace the grey background in 5.1.5 Hera with a specific wallpaper? [duplicate]
Tried everything listed for freya and other older distros.
Also tried editing the /usr/etc/ligthdm/io.elementary.greeter.conf file but nothing changed. Don't know if it's a bug or something. Isn't ...
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Fix order of users in greeter?
Is it possible to change (and fix) the order that users are listed in on the greeter screen for a single machine?
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Elementary OS 5.1 stable - logon error after running oem-config
oem-config has been enabled thorugh grub and a brand new installation of Elelentary is performed. The installer is online during the process as oem-config-prepare needs fetching during the install.
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Freeze on login screen
hope you are doing well.
Elementay os just make to login screen where mouse and keyboard doesn't work but the text area for the password is flashing and after some second it stop, so I'm guessing it ...
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Unable to Log In - Starting the session has failed
let me give an intro to the mess I made, I wanted to uninstall the older version of Wine using synaptic manager and when I marked for removal there was an option for complete removal. I didnāt think ...
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Can't change lock screen wallpaper
[greeter]
#activate-numlock=true
#default-wallpaper=/usr/share/backgrounds/164.jpg
#high-contrast=false
#onscreen-keyboard=false
#screensaver-timeout=60
I modified the panthon-greeter.config but ...
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How can I hide a user from the Welcome Screen?
I recently installed virt-manager. It created a user ā Libvirt Qemu (libvirt-qemu) ā and that user shows on the Welcome Screen.
I don't want that user to show up on the Welcome Screen. How can I ...
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Can't log in. Blinking desktop
I can't get past the login screen after starting my computer. The wallpaper blinks shortly, and then I'm out again.
Says no Nvidia graphics adapter found in syslog. I have AMD graphics card, not ...
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eOS 5.1 login screen grey until mouse movement
When booting eOS the greeter doesn't appear correctly until I move the mouse. Essentially its all a pale grey then upon mouse movement the user box with my icon and password field pops in.
Any ideas ...
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unable to login using standard user from GUI in elementary 5.1.3 hera
From the GUI, I can login with admin account. I cannot login with standard user account. The model does a little shake and cursor refocuses in password textbox. I have tried resetting password in case ...
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Unable to login after 5.1 update
Today I've successful update my Elementary 5.0 system to 5.1.
After reboot I see brand new login screen, type my password and got login screen again.
I already tried to set runlevel from 5 to 3 and ...
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Elementary 5.1 Hera. Unable to login with standard user account
After I created a standard user account, unable to login with that user account.
My Admin account has no problem logging in.
any suggestion?
thank you.
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Greeter Resolution on Juno
Has anyone managed to change the greeter resolution? Found solutions here involving lightdm configs but it was from 2015 and when i tried it didn't really change.
My session resolution is 1680*900 but ...
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Audio volume lowered after lock screen
I want to report a very weird thing I've noted on my laptop.
Basically, I set the volume to, let's say, max level because I'm watching a movie. Then I pause the movie, and get away from the pc for ...
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how to change wallpaper on the lockscreen
After I update to Hera, I can't change lockscreen wallpaper. Is there any a way to change lockscreen wallpaper and not change the dekstop?
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Once locked, screen stays black and cannot be unlocked
When locked, my laptop (Ideapad Y510P, with proprietary Nvidia drivers installed) screen just turns off. The laptop is still on, but I cannot access the lock screen to unlock. The only thing I can do ...
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Display resolution setup
I'm trying to setup my display at 2560x1440 @60Hz. I can use xrandr and it all works.
I've created a script in /usr/local/bin to do this on startup but cannot get it to run prior to login screen ...
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Running a script after logging back in from suspend
I'm running elementary OS 5.1 on kernel 5.6.x I was searching for a way to run a small shell script after I log-in from suspend. The script itself is a one liner. Basically restarting the software I ...
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New session when the lockscreen shows up (or when my laptop goes in standby)
I'm running ElementaryOS Loki since yesterday and I'm very pleased so far, there is just one annoyance that I couldn't figure out.
I get a new session (as in: no programs open and a completely empty ...
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[Solved]Sometimes lightdm crash and restart with no indication
Recently when I work with my laptop installed with elementary osļ¼there's no indication the desktop crashed and lightdm restarted. This situation happens several times within days and let me worry ...
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Elementary os login issue
I installed elementary os recently, I am new to Linux .I don't know what exactly it works, but by the help of YouTube videos I installed and dual booted Linux(elementary os) on my dell laptop.I loved ...
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DBus Signal for Session Lock/Unlock?
I'm currently on elementary OS Freya (Ubuntu 16.04 base). I'd like to run a script when the session is locked and when it is unlocked.
I have asked a similar question here for Ubuntu: https://unix....
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Can not unlock screen in Loki
After a fresh install and both upgrade and dist-upgrade of Elementary OS Loki I try to lock and then unlock my laptop.
After the screen is locked, when trying to unlock, screen turns to black and ...
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onscreen keyboard on login
Please tell me there is a way to enable onscreen keyboard during login? It used to be in Freya but Loki has many basic things either hidden or just impossible to do anymore?
Please how can I enable ...
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Login Screen Error
how can i fix login screen? I don't delete any package.
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greeter stuck after adding new user
Installed Loki over the weekend; first Linux install here at home in a decade. After adding a "user" profile (in addition to my "admin" user), I find I'm stuck logging in under my "user" profile at ...
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Black, Unresponsive screen when Locking Desktop Session
When locking, the screen goes black and the system becomes unresponsive. I have looked carefully for available solutions and have tried them. None have worked for me. I am using Radeon R9 285/380 with ...
