LightDM

LightDM is a cross-desktop display manager that aims is to be the standard display manager for the X.org X server. The key features ( as listed by upstream ) are:


 * A well-defined greeter API allowing multiple GUIs
 * Support for all display manager use cases, with plugins where appropriate
 * Low code complexity
 * Fast performance

LightDM on Gentoo
LightDM is available on Gentoo Linux and supports the following useflags


 * branding = Installs a Gentoo specific background and requires the gtk useflag
 * gtk = Installs the gtk greeter
 * qt4 = Installs the Qt4 greeter
 * introspection = Uses the dev-libs/gobject-introspection for introspection

You can install lightdm using the following command:

The configuration files are located in

Lightdm Configuration Files

Start Lightdm automatically on every boot
If you want lightdm to start automatically you need to install the package and configure it like this

The open the configuration file Xdm Configuration File and edit the DISPLAYMANAGER variable to look like this Set the DISPLAYMANAGER variable

Then add xdm to default runlevel