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Mnementh
Asked: 2011-01-04 16:06:57 +0800 CST

How to install an alternative display manager?

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I want to replace gdm with another display manager. I did aptitude install slim (tried also xdm) and got a possibility to configure which display manager should be used. But after the reboot the display manager didn't got started. The Ubuntu-logo with the points simulating a progress goes on and on. If I press ESC, I can see, that slim (or xdm) was started, but I cannot see any login-screen. How can I use these alternative display managers?

10.10 display-manager

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    sudo aptitude install slim

    SLiM saves the themes on /usr/share/slim/themes and the configuration file on /etc/slim.conf which is the one that will do all the work.

    • background.jpg: Here goes the Image.

    • panel.png:It ´s the login box.

    • slim.theme: Configuration file.

    We only need to modify these files and then create a new folder inside /usr/share/slim/themes and put our own files.

    sudo mkdir usr/share/slim/themes/name_of_the_folder

    Now we´ve got to tell SLiM where to look for the files, we must edit /etc/slim.conf. And look for the line that says:

    current_theme default

    and replace it with your own folder.

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