Questions tagged [display-manager]
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SDDM on across one giant screen
I wish to have SDDM stretch all 3 of my monitors. This way, I can have one giant art background across three monitors with the login options in the middle monitor.The code I have in the Xsetup is
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Void Linux won't start past command line anymore after editing pam.d files
Asking for help as a last resort before just fully reinstalling. I'm running Void Linux and just installed it yesterday on my new laptop, however I can no longer boot.
This is what I did:
First i did ...
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Change SSH TTY session type to X11 at console?
I have a Debian 12 VM that and when I boot it remotely the user session is a TTY, can I have it launch an X11 session at the console end?
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KDE is installed
I have selected plasma-x11 as my ...
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Does there exist a scriptable Display Manager that allows me to login a user?
I've been looking at Display Managers like SDDM, GDM and LightDM, but it doesn't seem as if they support a non-interactive login.
I want to issue a command to have it login to one of the users, ...
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border-only ghost window blocking mouse clicks
At some point (I don't remember when it started), some kind of ghost window appeared that only has a border (displays as rounded but behaves as rectangular), blocks mouse clicks, and won't disappear ...
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Display manager that works well with multiple displays and multiple sacling
I am looking for a display manager that works with multiple displays and multiple scaling. I am running Linux Mint on a laptop with a 4k screen. I also have a 1440p portable monitor and a 1440p ultra-...
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Disable the 'Other' User Option From LightDM
I am currently running LightDM on my AlmaLinux 8.8 machine and I wanted to know if it's possible to remove the Other user option as shown below.
I have already tried to edit the /etc/lightdm/lightdm....
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No GUI or login shell on boot
When I boot my pc (Debian 12 with Gnome3) I get directly taken to a blinking line instead of a login promt or a GUI. From there I can switch tty (Alt + F2) and then get a login promt and after login I'...
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Software method to unplug/re-plug a DisplayPort cable to re-initialise the connection?
Is there any software way to have the same effect as unplugging/re-plugging a DisplayPort cable without physically doing so?
The reason why I want to know is that my Dell monitor's resolution becomes ...
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How to start KDE from command line interface
I installed Fedora 38 via the Network Installer (also called Everything) and there was no desktop environment preinstalled so I installed plasma-desktop package which is labelled as Plasma Desktop ...
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Does gnome-core includes window manager and display server?
So I've freshly installed Debian without the tasksel option to install a desktop environment. I wonder how it works that if I install the package gnome-core, everything works fine, even without ...
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Are GDMs faster than CDMs in starting Xorg?
I suppose since graphical display managers already launch Xorg, they would just have to re-initiate it rather than launching it from the start like startx does.
So in that case does Xorg completely ...
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Components of Linux Desktop Environment
I'm fairly new to Linux and finding the whole concept of desktop environments very distorted and full of noise and confusion with no real clarity...
I'm trying to fully understand how every aspect of ...
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Logging changes to environment variables
I'm trying to debug some login behaviour where I have both my display manager and systemd (and potentially others) altering some environment variables (the XDG_* variables). Does anyone know any way ...
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can someone explain what is this non-clickable permanent window called @!0,35;BDHF always open on wayland?
Pop!_OS 21.10, amdgpu, ryzen 5 4500u, issue only on Wayland.
Linux 5.15.5-76051505-generic
snap attached below (i couldn't even screenshot that thing).
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