Questions tagged [gdm]
GDM is the Gnome Display Manager, responsible for launching an X session, as well as displaying the login screen for the user.
83
questions
1
vote
0
answers
327
views
specify Gnome Display Manager (GDM) to show the login on a specific monitor with nvidia card
I'm using Gentoo Linux and I have Nvidia GTX3060 video card and i connect 3 monitors to it, to with DP and one with HDMI.
My desktop is gnome under wayland with Gnome Display Manager (gdm)
now the ...
- 909
1
vote
0
answers
331
views
Where is the .Xauthority for GDM on Ubuntu 23.04?
According to the Ubuntu manpage for gdm
XAUTHORITY
Upon session startup, GDM sets the XAUTHORITY environment variable to a session-
specific file in /run/gdm3.
, but I don't see ...
- 131
1
vote
0
answers
752
views
Change login screen background dark to transparent
I recently changed from a Windows user to Linux(debian 12) after 10yrs. I'm a beginner user and just saw some tutorials (not so user friendly), but I'm just loving the learning process. These are my ...
- 25
1
vote
0
answers
173
views
Ubuntu: Cannot disable Wayland on multiple users
I am attempting to disable Wayland on 2 users at the same time on my machine so I could remote connect using TeamViewer.
I tried setting $ sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf to WaylandEnable=false on ...
- 11
0
votes
1
answer
434
views
i3 crashes into gdm when trying to login
So I previously used i3 on ubuntu so I do know the basics and how to change desktop/window manager.
I just recently switch to nixos and tried installing i3 through the configuration.nix.
Configuration....
- 51
0
votes
1
answer
258
views
gnome shell doesnt start after login
i need to your help emergency .after crashed my system , restart it , after login its stuck in black screen .
i go to tty and get some logs , i know its related to limits policy but when change it ...
0
votes
0
answers
203
views
Weirds characters all over the screen Arch Linux
Given that I have already searched everywhere without finding my same problem: I was watching a video from the browser, when unexpectedly some dots appeared on the screen and the characters of my ...
- 11
1
vote
1
answer
590
views
GDM two, independent login screens
Is there a way to have the GDM login screen appear on multiple ttys at startup? I should be able to operate each independently---start different desktop environments, etc.
I'm using GDM 3.38.2.1 on ...
- 151
3
votes
1
answer
311
views
Multiple concurrent desktop environments linux
Is there a way to have multiple concurrent desktop environments on Linux (on the same screen)? I have in mind the following use case:
tty1 has EXWM, a tiling WM that's great for work but lacks many ...
- 151
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
NIS users can not start xserver, Ubuntu 20, gdm, gnome
I am connected with my Ubuntu 20.04.1 machine to a NIS server and have a local user as well. Homedirectories of NIS users is mounted via NFS. Users can connect via ssh, login and find their ...
- 11
0
votes
1
answer
704
views
Debian can't boot completely; how do I make it start Gnome?
I've recently bought a Lenovo Ideapad 5 15ARE05. It comes with Windows pre-installed, but even though I need the Windows, I prefer to work with the Debian operating system.
Thus, I freed some disk ...
2
votes
0
answers
2k
views
Restarting the GUI (GDM3) on Ubuntu via remote SSH
Given an Ubuntu 18.04.2LTS on a desktop computer (not headless) which haven't been restarted since at least months.
Access is only possible via some remote desktop connection (like vnc) and SSH.
Now ...
- 577
0
votes
1
answer
167
views
Centos7: Using Radeon GPU and GT610 Nvidia GPU at the same time with Xwindows
I am trying to utilize two separate graphics adapters with Gnome on a Centos7 machine. lspci identifies these two adapters as such:
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [...
5
votes
2
answers
3k
views
bluetooth sink does not show in pulseaudio after successful bluetooth device connection
Bluetooth output does not show anymore in pavucontrol "Playback" tab after successful bluetooth device connection and therefore does not output any sound into the bluetooth device.
$ bluetoothctl
[...
- 1,883
1
vote
0
answers
156
views
Ubuntu 19.10 - Changing default lock screen background
Regardless of what my lock screen background is configured to be, the default lock screen background is still the default eoan ermine. My own lock screen only shows up when I explicitly lock my ...
- 417