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Hi Mike,
Op 10-07-2026 om 15:30 schreef Mike Gabriel:
Hi Paul,
On Fr 10 Jul 2026 13:08:06 CEST, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
Hello Mike,
Thanks for caring!
Ah, only some greeters create that directory:
[sunweaver@sunobo ~]$ dpkg -S /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/
lomiri-greeter, arctica-greeter-guest-session, arctica-greeter-
remote- logon, arctica-greeter: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
Thanks for the information, I use slick-greeter and that does not.
Other people will maybe use the default greeter. The better place of
this directory and logic would be in the lightdm-package.
Those packages don't create that directory, it is more that they place
files at the location and that requires creating the directory.
But I agree, /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/ could be created by the
lightdm package as an empty directory.
However, as site admin, simply create that dir and drop config files
snippets into it.
I've created that dir and tested with a filename "90-changes.conf".
But my code is ignored. Lomiri- and arctica-greeter are also using
this type of filenames.
The files definitely need to end with .conf suffix. Except from that,
the file needs to be in ini file format, don't forget to put a [section]
into that file.
Adding [section] did the trick ;-)
If you are willing to share your test file snippet I can take a look
whether it is syntactically correct. (Also lightdm should print stuff on
stderr if a config file's syntax is incorrect).
My test-file is called "90-changes.conf" and has this content:
[Seat:*]
greeter-hide-users=false
And sometimes this line too:
autologin-user=user
But you don't have to take a look at it, because it works already ;-)
Please close the bug again, if that solves your challenge.
I will, when it works ;-)
I triple checked the code and also from experience, lightdm parses
what's in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/. If your settings to land, then
they are either overridden somewhere else or syntactically incorrect.
Thanks for your help.
With regards,
Paul van der Vlis
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https://vandervlis.nl
