cmd-greeter

super minimal, non-graphical, terminal based desktop session launcher via lightdm

Install

Install the lightdm-cmd-greeter package from the AUR

or manually (tested only in Arch Linux):

• Install the lightdm, python and python-pydbus packages
• Clone this repo
• Put lightdm-cmd-greeter.desktop into /usr/share/xgreeters/
• Put com.greyltc.cgreet.conf into /etc/dbus-1/system.d/ (& create that folder if it does not exist)
• Put lightdm-cmd-greeter into /usr/bin/
• Reload the dbus service

Setup

• Make sure lightdm is your only enabled display manager service
• Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf so that greeter-session=lightdm-cmd-greeter is under the [Seat:*] section

Usage

• Restart the lightdm service
  • this should end your desktop session and present you with your new greeter (a black screen since this is not a graphical greeter)
• Somehow open a terminal on the computer (via ssh or ctrl-alt-f2 or something)
• Execute lightdm-cmd-greeter-login
  • You'll be prompted for a user name and password
  • If you enter them correctly, that user's default desktop session should launch