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Yoginee Pingale
Asked: 2017-05-12 10:09:33 +0800 CST

Is there an alternative lock-screen available? [duplicate]

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I'm using lockscreen that came with Ubuntu Gnome. It's called GDM. can I replace it with LightDM or lockscreen that comes with KDE , LXDE or others?

what are the names of these packages? how to install them?

If that's too broad then

  • How can I just install LightDM without affecting my Ubuntu Gnome Installation?
  • How can I uninstall it and get GDM back if I don't like the experience?
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  1. Best Answer

    To install an alternate login manager use software manager or the command line

    sudo apt-get install kdm

    You can try slim or lightdm, both probably lighter then kdm, or try them all.

    To remove them

    sudo apt-get purge kdm

    or slim or lightdm

    To select which one to use use sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm or edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

    sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

    you will get a screen where you can select which display manager (login screen) to use.

    enter image description here

    Use you up/down arrow keys to select and hit enter key.

    or 

    sudo nano /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

    and change to the dm you wish, such as 

    DISPLAYMANAGER=”kdm”

    sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm has the advantage of less typing and less typographical errors.

    Locking the screen when you are inactive is a different issue and is a property of the screensaver you use. By default it is gnome-screensaver but xscreensaver is probably the most popular alternate.

    To configure and change screensaevers see Configure screensaver in Ubuntu

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