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Asked: 2018-05-27 01:56:01 +0800 CST

No Greeter on Ubuntu 18.04

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I updated to Ubuntu 18.04 and now my greeter is gone.

After reboot my computer, I am automatically logged into my GUI.

I understand Ubuntu now uses GDM3, how can I enable/configure its greeter?

gdm unity-greeter

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  1. Best Answer

    Two ideas:

    1. AutoLogin is On

      Go to Settings -> Details -> User -> Automatic Login

    2. The Upgrade didn't complete properly

      Go to the terminal and verify that the ubuntu-desktop package is installed:

      sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop

      (ubuntu-desktop requires gdm3 which requires gnome-session which manages the login session so, presuming you haven't changed any configs, ensuring ubuntu-desktop is installed should fix a lot of things.)

    There are more things that you could have messed up somehow, but these are the easiest to fix.

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