Questions tagged [gdm3]
graphical login prompt and desktop manager under the GNOME 3 environment.
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Disable gnome login screen zoom following mouse?
Since a while now, the gnome login screen of my ubuntu installation has a terrible bug, causing it to enlarge 2 or 3 times the size it should be, so I only see a small part of the screen. Moreover, ...
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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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Disable User List on GNOME Lock Screen
Question: How can I disable the user list on the login field after locking my screen? Environment: I'm running Debian 13 with GNOME and gdm3. Goal: For privacy and security reasons, I do not wish a ...
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"Input/output error" on wake from suspend
I have an Asus ExpertBook P5. I've had Fedora installed on my laptop for the past couple of days. I've found that when the system is suspended, while I can log in after it wakes up, I am unable to ...
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Debian 13 w/ gdm3 boots to black screen with a blinking underscore
I recently installed Debian 13 RC (trixie) on VMWare using the net install image and during the installation I opted out the desktop environment. After the installation, I installed the gdm3 packages ...
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Ubuntu upgrade to 24.04 disables desktop gdm3 ... how do I get the display back?
Just upgraded Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 and no display. Reinstalling gdm3 as described elsewhere does not work for me. Error is gdm.service is not active, cannot reload. How do I get my display back?
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Monitor won't stay off
I have a computer that runs both as a server, and also as a workstation, and this means that it should not sleep, but also have a graphical desktop enabled. To achieve this, I set the following values ...
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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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Kali Linux don't load GUI automatically
I have Gm3 display manager, but recently I installed lxdm display manager. During the installation it prompted me to select the default manager from where I selected lxdm, but upon reboot it booted ...
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Change Cursor Theme For Debian 12
I am using: $ cat /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)" NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="12" VERSION="12 (bookworm)" VERSION_CODENAME=...
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How to change login screen background (Gnome 43, debian 12)
I changed from Windows to Linux (Debian 12) after 10yrs. I'm still a beginner but I'm just loving the learning processing. This is my specs: My question When I shutdown and boot up my system the ...
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Ubuntu fails to boot because of gdm problem
I’ve been running into an issue today where Ubuntu refuses to start and hangs on the boot screen. Dropping to the tty shell, I think this is because gdm fails, with the error shown in the picture. So ...
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Is there a way to change failed login message on Linux systems (GDM)?
On CentOS7, when a login attempt fails, a message Sorry, that didn't work. Please try again. is prompted. Is there a way to change this message? Also, is there a way to customize the message ...
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How do I disable video information on gdm3 login screen?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 with KDE Plasma DE and gdm3 login manager. When I open my laptop lid, the login screen shows the title and control buttons for some recent video that I was watching in my ...
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Start Graphical Interface
I recently subscribed for a cloud company and launched application server under debian 10.5 I wanna go from command-line to graphical interface, but I can´t I typed startx , but I got. I tried using ...
