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donovan

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Registered: 2017-07-22

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Lightdm-webkit2-greeter won't load - reverts to lightdm-gtk-greeter

Anyone had success installing lightdm-webkit2-greeter? Any known issues?

I've been using gtk-greeter. Now when I try to change over, it still runs gtk-greeter. If I uninstall the gtk-greeter, X doesn't even run.

jasonwryan

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Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: Lightdm-webkit2-greeter won't load - reverts to lightdm-gtk-greeter

"X doesn't even run" is not an error message: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Moving to NC...

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Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: Lightdm-webkit2-greeter won't load - reverts to lightdm-gtk-greeter

Have you actually configured LightDM to use the new greeter?

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No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
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c00ter

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From: Alaskan in Washington State

Registered: 2014-08-28

Posts: 421

Re: Lightdm-webkit2-greeter won't load - reverts to lightdm-gtk-greeter

I have used it as a stand-in for GDM in GNOME. It installed and ran without issue, since I referenced the appropriate wiki entry. I am presently running Plasma with SDDM, so I can't help you any further. You'll need to do your own homework on how to enable and configure, but it is very easy.

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