[LightDM] How to change from pantheon greeter and turn off/hide all other accounts

[Robert Ancell]

Hi Jonathan,

What you are asking for is a little out of scope for this mailing list. But
here's some pointers that might help:

If your software center is broken then that sounds pretty bad. You might
want to fix that first (contact the Elementary project for help with that).

If the issue is you have a number of user accounts you don't want then why
not delete them? That can probably be done from the Elementary control
center / system settings (again contact Elementary for help).

I'm not familiar with the Elementary software center but it probably wont
allow you to install / uninstall greeters. Changing the greeter is not
something most OSs encourage users to do. You might need to use the command
line to change this.

Hope this helps,
--Robert

On 1 February 2015 at 04:23, Jonathan Wolff <jon_wolff at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
> Thank you for responding so quickly and for assuming I have some Linux
> knowledge =D.
> I in fact only have 2 days worth and so I can barely sound like I know
> what I'm talking about.
>
> So I think I was looking to install the greeter you mentioned (LightDM
> GTK+). My problem is that Software Center
> in ElementaryOS Luna is broken. I am unable to install from there both by
> clicking on the icon in Applications and by going into Terminal and
> initiating it there.
> I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it, but it made no difference.
> Someone else suggested changing the icon could fix it, but I'm assuming
> themes are obtained through Software Center -as I'm also assuming that
> greeters are obtained via Software Center thus my dilemma.
>
> My friend doesn't want the other accounts, it'd be nice to just delete
> them out that would save any trouble with configuration.
>
> When you say, " you simply need to install that greeter and update the
> configuration..." You are giving me far too much credit for me knowing the
> ways of Linux and more specifically ElementaryOS. This is my first
> experience with configuring a Linux machine. That is why I asked for
> step-by-step instructions. All the "hand-holding" is necessary in my
> particular case.
>
> The official response as I've read it on the ElementaryOS forum questions
> about turning off/hiding other accounts, is that there is no way to do it
> other than installing a different greeter and that they are working on the
> fix in their newest ElementaryOS Freya. In other words, I'm on my own with
> this.
> Before Monday I'd really like to get the other accounts removed, hidden or
> turned off. I have no idea how as of yet so I sent out this S.O.S, but what
> bothers me even more is my inability to fix Software Center. It seems to be
> a main focus of ElementaryOS in general. If you can link me to any useful
> info or happen to know the step-by-step yourself in regards to either of my
> problems I'd really appreciate any assistance you might be able to provide.
>
>
> Best regards, Jonathan Wolff
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:51:47 +1300
> Subject: Re: [LightDM] How to change from pantheon greeter and turn
> off/hide all other accounts
> From: robert.ancell at gmail.com
> To: jon_wolff at hotmail.com
> CC: lightdm at lists.freedesktop.org
>
>
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> There is no "official" LightDM greeter - Pantheon greeter is one of many
> greeters available. You may be thinking of the greeter that is used with
> Ubuntu (Unity Greeter) or XFCE etc (LightDM GTK+ greeter).
>
> To switch greeters you simply need to install that greeter and update the
> configuration in /etc/lightdm to have:
> [SeatDefaults]
> greeter-session=<the greeter you are using>
>
> If the issue is simply that Pantheon greeter doesn't have the certain
> functionality you needed (i.e. hide accounts) you might also consider
> contacting the Elementary project to see if that could be added.
>
> Hopefully this helps clarify things. Please ask if you have more questions.
>
> --Robert
>
> On 31 January 2015 at 14:06, Jonathan Wolff <jon_wolff at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am a computer technician and friend to someone who recently inherited a
> small laptop with ElementaryOS installed on it.
> I should first warn I'm a total noob in regards to Linux but have
> researched enough to figure much of the command language out over the
> weekend.
> I dread moving forward on this particular venture only because if the
> login greeter breaks that could be a great problem to try and overcome.
>
> I would like to ask how in a step-by-step language I might switch from
> Pantheon greeter to LightDM greeter. I have found the lightdm.conf file,
> but am unsure if this is the only file that needs to be altered in order to
> make the change. Please reply at your earliest possible convenience.  #Eli5
>
> Many thanks- Jonathan Wolff
>
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