How to change the Ubuntu 18.04 default greeter?
How can i replace the new gdm3 greeter with unity-greeter in ubuntu 18.04?
There is a nice little blog on doing this: Ubuntu 18.04 – Bring back Lightdm login manager. Here are the steps summarized from the blog:
- To install use:
sudo apt-get -y install slick-greeter - Verify setup using:
lightdm --show-config - Edit the file
/etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.confto setup login screen wallpaper - To revert back to GDM3 login manager use
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
Simply installing the unity-greeter package will allow you to change the greeter from gdm3 to the ubuntu themed lightdm greeter.
Just run sudo apt-get install unity-greeter lightdm --no-install-recommends
During the configuration step you'll be faced with this window.
Press ↵ Enter and you'll get this choice selection screen
Use the arrow keys to select lightdm and press enter