SLICK-GREETER

Section: System management commands (8)
Updated: 2019-07-10
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NAME

slick-greeter - distro agnostic LightDM greeter

SYNOPSIS

slick-greeter [ OPTIONS ]

DESCRIPTION

Slick Greeter is a LightDM greeter for all desktops. It is run by the LightDM daemon if configured in lightdm.conf. It is not normally run by a user, but can run in a test mode with the --test-mode option. This allows the interface to be tested without installing an updated version.

OPTIONS

-v, --version: Show release version.
--test-mode: Run the greeter in a test mode inside the current X session.
-?, --help: Show help options.

Configuration File-Format


/etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf
Available configuration options are listed below.
background=: Background file to use, either an image path or a color (e.g. #772953)
background-color=: Background color (e.g. #772953), set before wallpaper is seen
draw-user-backgrounds=: Whether to draw user backgrounds (true or false)
draw-grid=: Whether to draw an overlay grid (true or false)
show-hostname=: Whether to show the hostname in the menubar (true or false)
show-keyboard=: Whether to show the keyboard indicator in the menubar (true or false)
show-a11y=: Whether to show the accessibility options in the menubar (true or false)
show-power=: Whether to show the power indicator in the menubar (true or false)
show-clock=: Whether to show the clock in the menubar (true or false)
show-quit=: Whether to show the quit menu in the menubar (true or false)
logo=: Logo file to use
other-monitors-logo=: Logo file to use for other monitors
theme-name=: GTK+ theme to use
icon-theme-name=: Icon theme to use
font-name=: Font to use
xft-antialias=: Whether to antialias Xft fonts (true or false)
xft-dpi=: Resolution for Xft in dots per inch
xft-hintstyle=: What degree of hinting to use (hintnone/hintslight/hintmedium/hintfull)
xft-rgba=: Type of subpixel antialiasing (none/rgb/bgr/vrgb/vbgr)
onscreen-keyboard=: Whether to enable the onscreen keyboard (true or false)
high-contrast=: Whether to use a high contrast theme (true or false)
screen-reader=: Whether to enable the screen reader (true or false)
play-ready-sound=: A sound file to play when the greeter is ready
hidden-users=: List of usernames that are hidden until a special key combination is hit
group-filter=: List of groups that users must be part of to be shown (empty list shows all users)
enable-hidpi=: Whether to enable HiDPI support (on/off/auto)
only_on_monitor=: Sets the monitor on which to show the login window, -1 means "follow the mouse"