How do you fix Lightdm not working?
So, the obvious corrective step is to reinstall the greeter and enable the lightdm systemd service. You can use your distribution’s package manager to install the greeter. Then enable the systemd service for lightdm, just in case. If all goes well, this error should go away and you should get your login screen back.
How do I set up Lightdm?
You can try LightDM again with sudo start lightdm. If you have another display manager you want to try (e.g. gdm) start that: sudo start gdm. You can set the default display manager by running sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm. Check your system is up to date, especially video drivers.
How do you reset a LightDM?
This will kill all your programs.
- hit Ctrl + Alt + F2.
- login.
- sudo service lightdm restart.
What to do if you cant login to LightDM?
To do this open a terminal with Ctrl + Alt + t and type the following command : It solved my problem many times ago. Have a nice day. Note: messing around with keyboard layouts as well might of helped. For other people with the issue you could also used another login manager – e.g. gdm (Gnome Display Manager)
How can I login to GNOME from LightDM?
I can login into Gnome by running this in the tty (which I can access): and KDE as well (when installed), and using sudo service kdm start instead of the latter command. Xfce also works.
Why is LightDM cannot login / newbie corner / Arch Linux?
/var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log This looks actually as if accountsservice is needed. Although this is listed as optional dependency you could check if it is installed. If not try installing it. I have it installed but it came in as dependency for cinnamon in my case. I put at button on it. Yes.
Is there a problem with Ubuntu 13.10 LightDM?
Nothing appears to be a problem in .xsession-errors. Yes, there are previous questions like this and this, but those did not help in anyway. Using Ubuntu 13.10, Intel i5 Lenovo G570 (integrated graphics, with Radeon HD 6370M discrete graphics – but I don’t think this is the problem) laptop.