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SLICK-GREETER(8) System management commands SLICK-GREETER(8)

NAME

slick-greeter - distro agnostic LightDM greeter

SYNOPSIS

slick-greeter [ OPTIONS ]

DESCRIPTION

Slick Greeter is a LightDM greeter for all desktops. It is run by the LightDM daemon if configured in lightdm.conf. It is not normally run by a user, but can run in a test mode with the --test-mode option. This allows the interface to be tested without installing an updated version.

OPTIONS

Show release version.
Run the greeter in a test mode inside the current X session.
-?, --help
Show help options.

Configuration File-Format

/etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf
Background file to use, either an image path or a color (e.g. #772953)
Background color (e.g. #772953), set before wallpaper is seen
Whether to draw user backgrounds (true or false)
Whether to draw an overlay grid (true or false)
Whether to show the hostname in the menubar (true or false)
Whether to show the keyboard indicator in the menubar (true or false)
Whether to show the accessibility options in the menubar (true or false)
Whether to show the power indicator in the menubar (true or false)
Whether to show the clock in the menubar (true or false)
Whether to show the quit menu in the menubar (true or false)
Logo file to use
Logo file to use for other monitors
GTK+ theme to use
Icon theme to use
Font to use
Whether to antialias Xft fonts (true or false)
Resolution for Xft in dots per inch
What degree of hinting to use (hintnone/hintslight/hintmedium/hintfull)
Type of subpixel antialiasing (none/rgb/bgr/vrgb/vbgr)
Whether to enable the onscreen keyboard (true or false)
Whether to use a high contrast theme (true or false)
Whether to enable the screen reader (true or false)
A sound file to play when the greeter is ready
List of usernames that are hidden until a special key combination is hit
List of groups that users must be part of to be shown (empty list shows all users)
Whether to enable HiDPI support (on/off/auto)
Sets the monitor on which to show the login window, -1 means "follow the mouse"

SEE ALSO

lightdm

2019-07-10 Linux