How to restore Ubuntu login screen after lubuntu install?
I have Ubuntu 13.10 installed. I then installed lubuntu 13.10 (sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
) too. As a result the login screen has changed and I can no longer get an on screen keyboard.
How can I restore the login screen to the original Ubuntu default?
Since the OP is a bit lazy(!), I'm going to post the answer myself. Most of the times, thesudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
solution doesn't work. You'll need to change the settings manually either by using lightdm-set-defaults
or editing /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
.
-
Open up
lightdm.conf
:gksudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
-
You must have the following settings under
[SeatDefaults]
:user-session=ubuntu greeter-session=unity-greeter
Save and reboot.
My login screen was changed after I installed KDE. Anyway, one possible solution (what worked for me because in my research I found others but they didn't work) was to uninstall and reinstall lightdm
:
sudo apt-get purge lightdm
sudo apt-get install lightdm
Of course, I had to specify what display manager I want (gdm, kdm or lightdm - after I broke my lightdm
I used gdm
as default). For this you have to run
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm