How do you remove a light-locker?

How do you remove a light-locker?

Start Synaptic Package Manager. Type light-locker , then uncheck light-locker and light-locker-settings and click [Apply changes]. Then type gnome-screensaver and check the box to the left and click apply changes again.

How do I fix the lock screen after changing GDM to LightDM?

Nonetheless, LightDM has working support for gnome-screensaver….Lock screen in LightDM using gnome-screensaver

1. Installing gnome-screensaver. apt install gnome-screensaver.
2. Invoking light-locker when hybernate / sleep. This works right out of the box, no configuration needed.
3. Setting up Super + L shortcut.

What is light-locker?

light-locker is a simple locker (forked from gnome-screensaver) that aims to have simple, sane, secure defaults and be well integrated with the desktop while not carrying any desktop-specific dependencies. It relies on lightdm for locking and unlocking your session via UPower or logind/systemd.

How do I change my lock screen LightDM?

To change the login screen background, do the following:

1. Open a terminal ( Ctrl + Alt + T ) and run sudo -H gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu-mate.
2. In the Gedit window that opens, find the line beginning with background = .
3. Delete whatever comes after the = and enter the path to the image you want to use.

How do you install a light-locker?

Detailed Instructions:

1. Run update command to update package repositories and get latest package information.
2. Run the install command with -y flag to quickly install the packages and dependencies. sudo apt-get install -y light-locker.
3. Check the system logs to confirm that there are no related errors.

How to make a lock screen in LightDM?

Lock screen in LightDM using light-locker 1 Installing light-locker apt install light-locker 2 Invoking light-locker when hibernate / suspend Before your system goed into sleep mode, a script will call i3lock, as described, create a a file /etc/systemd/system/lockbeforesleep@ user .service, replacing user 3 Setting up Super + L shortcut

How to remove light locker and install GNOME Screensaver?

Tried many workarounds to no avail. The way I solved this issue was by removing Light-Locker completely and installing gnome screensaver. Start Synaptic Package Manager. Type light-locker, then uncheck light-locker and light-locker-settings and click [Apply changes].

How to change Display Manager GDM to LightDM?

Change GDM to LightDM The best way is to logout and switch to a console Ctrl+F4. LightDM is a greeter with theming possibilities

Why is my light locker not working properly?

There have been many issues reported concerning Light Locker. Sometimes the lock doesn’t work, it locks by itself when not supposed to and many more. Bottom line is Light Locker’s major issue is, it doesn’t hold the applied or user settings after a reboot or log out.