How do I change my profile picture on LightDM?

How do I change my profile picture on LightDM?

Simple way to change Login Icon/Avatar [For one user] [LightDM]

1. Open Terminal and type su to login.
2. Type in: nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.
3. Type in or paste on a new line: default-user-image= and add after the = (with no spaces), the path to your 96×96 PNG file.

How do you customize LightDM?

You can change the LightDM greeter background by doing the following in the Terminal:

1. type gksu gedit /etc/lightdm/unity-greeter.conf.
2. Scroll down to “background” and change the path/filename.
3. Save the file.
4. Log out.

How do you set up 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. File a bug.

How do I turn on LightDM Arch?

To enable it, follow the steps below.

1. Step 1: Disable your current login manager with systemd disable.
2. Step 2: Enable LightDM with systemctl enable.
3. Step 3: Reboot your Arch Linux PC using the systemctl reboot command.
4. Step 4: Let Arch Linux start back up.

What is Lightdm in Kali?

LightDM was Canonical’s solution for a display manager. It was supposed to be lightweight and comes by default with Ubuntu (until 17.04), Xubuntu, and Lubuntu. It’s configurable, with various greeter themes available. You can install it with: sudo apt-get install lightdm. And remove it with: sudo apt-get remove lightdm.

How to change the background picture in LightDM?

Set the background picture with gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter background ‘/usr/share/backgrounds/orsomewhereelse.png’ Replace the path I use with the one to the wallpaper of your choice – it must be closed in quotation marks. You can also change the background color to black ( x000000) or some other neutral color.

How can I change the configuration of LightDM?

LightDM can be configured by modifying its config file, /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. Some greeters have their own configuration files.

How to change the LightDM theme / greeter?

To set the greeter to lightdm-kde-greeter type the following command in a terminal: sudo /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults –greeter lightdm-kde-greeter. If you are in a root console or have Xephyr installed, you may check your set up using the built in testing function. You may only log in as yourself.

Is it possible to use LightDM without a greeter?

A greeter is a GUI that prompts the user for credentials, lets the user select a session, and so on. It is possible to use LightDM without a greeter, but only if an automatic login is configured; otherwise you will need to install xorg-server and one of the greeter packages below. The official repositories contain the following greeters: