Talk:LightDM

dbus
LightDM needs dbus running? If doing:

Also need to have done:


 * It appears to be used to communicate with the greeter:
 * http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LightDM/Design#Inter-process_Relationships

lightdm user account setup
Lightdm will allow XDMCP users to reboot and shutdown the host prior to logging in, unless lightdm is run under a different account to root. Here's some instructions on how to set it up under an account called 'lightdm'.

To create the system account use the following command:

Then modify lightdm.conf so that it has the following entry in the [LightDM] section:

greeter-user=lightdm