Login screen SSDM to LightDM login

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Hello community. Wish you all great 2022 year.

Is possible to change SSDM login sreen to LightDM and how?

Thanks.

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Yes.

  • Install lightdm and optionally a greeter
  • Configure the lightdm settings and greeter settings in /etc/lightdm
  • Switch to lightdm with sudo systemctl enable --force lightdm

If you are a plasma user be aware that it will make your lock screen totally different from your login screen.

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I am on KDE plasma. thanks for answer

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i did all commands and successfuly changed, is anything else to do or not? thanks

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Not really. Just make sure lightdm is configured properly. Any typo in the configuration file will cause it to not start.

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should i run that command sudo systemctl disable sddm -f ?

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No. You can only have one enabled at a time so enabling lightdm should automatically disable sddm.

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one more asks sorry for the asking

i also can change themes there right?

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You can use the tool lightdm-settings in the AUR to do this. Remember this is only for the slick-greeter

yay -S lightdm-settings
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Isn’t that only for the slick greeter?

Yes, in the config file for your greeter. There are also gui tools for some of the greeters.

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Yes, it is. I forgot to mention that. Let me edit the post

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For lightdm-gtk-greeter, there is:

sudo pacman -S lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings

in the community repo.

Pudge

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