Sep 24, 2016 · gdm3, kdm, and lightdm are all display managers. They provide graphical logins and handle user authentication. From a Wiki article,: A display manager presents the user with …

Usually, the lightdm does not start completely, but systemd is able to start all services needed, as their own login manager. Changing tty will let you purge and reinstall the login manager …

Aug 24, 2011 · 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?

Jun 14, 2024 · Recently my lightdm stopped working as normal (Note I can only get the greeter screen if I boot into recovery mode or add 'nomodeset' to my linux boot argument. Using …

Mar 31, 2025 · If lightdm is masked or disabled it wont work. systemctl list-dependencies { where lightdm =service }: will give you all service/processes that depend on lightdm running

I have LightDM installed and can start it with sudo start lightdm. But at boot, GDM is still the default. How can change this so LightDM is loaded automatically at boot instead of GDM?

Nov 5, 2011 · I downloaded a couple greeters for LightDM, but I have not figured out how to enable them. Is there a way to switch greeter, either by graphical or command-line method?. I …

Jun 29, 2011 · I want user foo to auto-login using LightDM (which has been used by Ubuntu since version 11.10). How would I do that?

Are there any performance benefits or compatibility issues to consider? Will I notice a difference using one over the other ? Remember I'm a noob, I barely know what a display manager is or …

Apr 27, 2025 · I've recently upgraded my system from 24.04 to 24.10. Lightdm stopped working afterwards: I saw a black screen with a mouse cursor (which I could move) for a few seconds, …