Questions tagged [gdm]
the GNOME display manager (GDM) is a display manager for X Windows Systems
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Tablet mode: keyboard/touchpad not responsive after folding back to laptop position
I have an HP Elitebook X360, which can be folded to tablet mode. I am running XFCE4 under GDM3 with Debian trixie. Occasionally when I have used tablet mode, the keyboard and touchpad remain disabled ...
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GNOME 49.1 unable to start after an update
So I ran yay and updated my stuff after a long time. The next day I login and the GDM login screen just freezes. Oh well. Time to ditch the login manager, I think. yay ly. Logging into Gnome on ...
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Gentoo install Gnome and GDM?
I have a fresh installation of Gentoo to which I would like to add the Gnome desktop and the GDM display manager. Installing Gnome works, but installing GDM results in errors I am having a hard time ...
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After installing Debian Sid's Nvidia 390 drivers I'm left with software rendering
My final goal is to make use of a Geforce GTX 550 Ti on a modern Linux Gnome desktop. Since recent Ubuntu versions stopped supporting the Nvidia 390 driver that is required for this I instead chose ...
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Removing the distribution logo from the GNOME login screen
Where is the distribution logo stored, which is displayed at the bottom of the GNOME login screen? Besides, how to remove the logo correctly. Not just remove the image, but remove links to it, etc. I ...
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Enable user login GDM-Settings
I tried to customize my login screen for gnome on fedora this week using the GDM-Settings application from flathub. I enabled the DisableUserLogin setting (don't ask why, i don't know either) while my ...
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How to Default to X11 but Keep Wayland Enabled on Rocky Linux 8?
I’m working on configuring Rocky Linux 8 for newly imaged machines and would like to have X11 set as the default session, but still keep Wayland enabled for users who prefer it. The goal is to allow ...
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How to set GDM keyboard layout in Debian 12?
I am using the french bépo layout for my keyboard on a freshly installed Debian 12. Everything is fine once I am logged in, but unfortunately the GDM login screen is using a qwerty layout. How can I ...
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Gnome Kiosk Mode
I have deployed a kiosk mode system with gnome-kiosk on Ubuntu 24. Kiosk mode in gnome limits user interaction for a self-service computer. The session is automatically started via GDM, and when the ...
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Numlock LED turns off, GDM login screen
My NumLock LED (and LED only, not the key functionality) is off on the GDM password input screen. Sometimes, the LED is already off when waking with NumLock on. If the LED is on when waking, it turns ...
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How to change or permanently set background image(wallpaper) in openbox WM?
Hey I just installed Arch Linux in Virtualbox btw with openbox, gdm and rofi. I wanted to set a wallpaper for the background. So, I added this line in the end of my /home/user/.bashrc file - feh --bg-...
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Arch Linux: GDM is defaulting to X11 instead of Wayland. What's up with my configuration?
I was under the impression that my Arch Linux box was running on Wayland, given that GDM supposedly defaults to it. However, after checking XDG_SESSION_TYPE this morning, it seems that I've been on ...
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GNOME lockscreen disable Quick Settings
I don't like the idea of being able to toggle the radios or connect to a Wi-Fi network on the login/lock screen. Thus I would like to disable the "cards" of the Quick Settings menu, but ...
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Black screen after login when using gdm3
It's been two days and several attempts after since I'm trying to fix the gdm3 on my Dell with Ubuntu 22.04.3. All of a sudden one day after starting the notebook and the user's password, I get a ...
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Why all Xorg log messages are written to journal at level 4 (warning)?
All the content of Xorg.n.log can be viewed with journalctl. As Xorg is launched by GDM (if I understand it correctly), it always has the --identifier=/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session. But despite this hint ...
