linuxmint / slick-greeter

A slick-looking LightDM greeter

A slick-looking LightDM greeter

Configuration

• The default configuration is stored in dconf under the schema x.dm.slick-greeter.
• Distributions should set their own defaults using a glib override.
• Users can create and modify /etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf, settings in this files take priority and overwrite dconf settings.

A configuration tool is available at https://github.com/linuxmint/lightdm-settings

Features

• Slick-Greeter is cross-distribution and should work pretty much anywhere.
• All panel applets are embedded. No external indicators are launched or loaded by the greeter.
• No settings daemon are launched or loaded by the greeter.
• This greeter supports HiDPI.
• Sessions are validated. If a default/chosen session isn't present on the system, the greeter scans for known sessions in /usr/share/xsessions and replaces the invalid session choice with a valid session.
• You can take a screenshot by pressing PrintScrn. The screenshot is saved in /var/lib/lightdm/Screenshot.png.

Credit

• Slick Greeter started as a fork of Unity Greeter 16.04.2, a greeter developed for Ubuntu by Canonical, which used indicators and unity-settings-daemon.

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Configuration file format for /etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf

[Greeter]
# LightDM GTK+ Configuration
# Available configuration options listed below.
#
# activate-numlock=Whether to activate numlock. This features requires the installation of numlockx. (true or false)
# background=Background file to use, either an image path or a color (e.g. #772953)
# background-color=Background color (e.g. #772953), set before wallpaper is seen
# draw-user-backgrounds=Whether to draw user backgrounds (true or false)
# draw-grid=Whether to draw an overlay grid (true or false)
# show-hostname=Whether to show the hostname in the menubar (true or false)
# show-power=Whether to show the power indicator in the menubar (true or false)
# show-a11y=Whether to show the accessibility options in the menubar (true or false)
# show-keyboard=Whether to show the keyboard indicator in the menubar (true or false)
# show-clock=Whether to show the clock in the menubar (true or false)
# show-quit=Whether to show the quit menu in the menubar (true or false)
# logo=Logo file to use
# other-monitors-logo=Logo file to use for other monitors
# theme-name=GTK+ theme to use
# icon-theme-name=Icon theme to use
# font-name=Font to use
# xft-antialias=Whether to antialias Xft fonts (true or false)
# xft-dpi=Resolution for Xft in dots per inch
# xft-hintstyle=What degree of hinting to use (hintnone/hintslight/hintmedium/hintfull)
# xft-rgba=Type of subpixel antialiasing (none/rgb/bgr/vrgb/vbgr)
# onscreen-keyboard=Whether to enable the onscreen keyboard (true or false)
# high-contrast=Whether to use a high contrast theme (true or false)
# screen-reader=Whether to enable the screen reader (true or false)
# play-ready-sound=A sound file to play when the greeter is ready
# hidden-users=List of usernames (separated by semicolons) that are hidden until Ctr+Alt+Shift is pressed
# group-filter=List of groups that users must be part of to be shown (empty list shows all users)
# enable-hidpi=Whether to enable HiDPI support (on/off/auto)
# only-on-monitor=Sets the monitor on which to show the login window, -1 means "follow the mouse"
# stretch-background-across-monitors=Whether to stretch the background across multiple monitors (false by default)
# clock-format=What clock format to use (e.g., %H:%M or %l:%M %p)