#1 2016-03-21 13:25:04

silince

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Populating username in LightDM [SOLVED]

Hi all,

I recently fired up BL on my Acer C720 and got everything working like a dream (after following a couple of Debian-based guides).  One thing I was wondering was whether one could have the LightDM lock-screen return from resume with the username already filled in?  It could save valuable seconds out of my day...

Cheers!

Last edited by silince (2016-03-21 13:45:59)

Horizon_Brave

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Re: Populating username in LightDM [SOLVED]

If you're the only user of the system, this could work. If you edit  /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
as root, and change  'gtk-greeter hide user' line to 'false'. Save it. Reboot. And you should have your login name auto filled. Of course if you're not the only user you'll still have to select it. but it'll save you some typin'.

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silince

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Re: Populating username in LightDM [SOLVED]

Excellent!  Thanks.

Eraph

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Re: Populating username in LightDM [SOLVED]

+1, great advice, cheers!

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Re: Populating username in LightDM [SOLVED]

Excellent! Slightly interesting is that it displays my name not my user ID.

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Arquimediano

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Re: Populating username in LightDM [SOLVED]

Even better if you add the line

default-user=user_name

where user_name is your login name.

Last edited by Arquimediano (2016-05-09 14:31:32)