[SID - Unstable] Can't restore lightdm login greeter

Initially I installed SID and had the XFCE desktop environment plus a basic login greeter screen, which was using 'lightdm' as far as I am aware.
A basic login box was displayed, asking for username and password. No users were displayed, which is how I like it, for security purposes.

Then recently I installed the GNOME desktop environment and I think the installer asked me to select the display manager.
I think I selected 'sddm' which was probably a mistake. I think I should have selected 'lightdm'.
Now when I boot, the login greeter is different, and I want to restore the login greeter back to how I initially had it - lightdm.

Now after booting and seeing the login greeter, if I press CTRL-ALT-F1 I can see the boot log messages and I see:
I had a look at how to restore the lightdm display manager/greeter and I saw:
I ran that and selected 'lightdm'.

After rebooting however, I still see the system appears to be starting SDDM and a list of users are displayed, allowing me to select one and enter the password.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can restore the lightdm login greeter that I had originally?

Thanks in advance.

Statistics: Posted by froggit9000 — 2024-05-24 12:24 — Replies 7 — Views 124

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