[19:30] <infinity9> question about lightdm-gtk-greeter: my login background fades out to the desktop background before i even login. how do i stop it from doing that?
[19:31] <infinity9> (i'm on a different distro, by the way. just asked in this channel because i saw lightdm-gtk-greeter is on xubuntu's github)
[19:36] <diogenes_Vx15> infinity9, i didn't quite catch you.
[19:37] <infinity9> diogenes_Vx15: i'm using lightdm to login to my xfce desktop. i have it set to display a certain background wallpaper at the login screen. however, when i get to the screen, the wallpaper fades out within a second, showing the desktop wallpaper i would see _after_ i login
[19:38] <infinity9> really, it shouldn't be doing that until after i enter my username and password, so i want to figure out why it's happening
[19:41] <diogenes_Vx15> infinity9, so you want to simply add a different wallpapper for the login screen which will be persistent up until you enter your credentials?
[19:43] <infinity9> it's not so much that i want to add a different one. i just want whatever one i add to be persistent
[19:44] <diogenes_Vx15> how did you add the current one?
[19:45] <infinity9> the standard way. i pointed lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf to an image in /usr/share/lightdm/backgrounds
[19:48] <diogenes_Vx15> infinity9, run: cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf | nc termbin.com 9999 
[19:48] <diogenes_Vx15> share the url
[19:51] <infinity9> i don't have the "nc" command. what package contains it?
[19:54] <diogenes_Vx15> infinity9, netcat
[19:56] <infinity9> diogenes_Vx15: https://termbin.com/rkvub
[20:00] <diogenes_Vx15> infinity9, try to add there: transition-duration = 10000
[20:00] <diogenes_Vx15> let's see if that makes any difference.
[20:06] <infinity9> diogenes_Vx15: that just caused it to fade slowly over several seconds rather than right away
[20:07] <diogenes_Vx15> infinity9, run: apt-file show lightdm-gtk-greeter | nc termbin.com 9999
[20:08] <diogenes_Vx15> if you don't have apt-file, install if: sudo apt install apt-file
[20:08] <diogenes_Vx15> after that run: sudo apt-file update
[20:09] <diogenes_Vx15> and only after that run the command i gave you.
[20:09] <infinity9> i'm not running the apt package manager. i'm on gentoo
[20:10] <infinity9> i believe lightdm-gtk-greeter comes with lightdm by default in this distro
[20:11] <infinity9> and i'm on lightdm 1.32.0, which appears to be the most recent version
[20:11] <diogenes_Vx15> infinity9, i thnk there should be something that overrides the config, run: ls /usr/share/lightdm/
[20:12] <diogenes_Vx15> are there any files?
[20:12] <infinity9> it just contains the "backgrounds" directory
[20:12] <infinity9> i've seen that some users have their images in /usr/share/pixmaps. could that be the issue?
[20:14] <diogenes_Vx15> ok, i'm not familiar with Gentoo but as a workaround you can increase this delay: transition-duration = 100000
[20:16] <diogenes_Vx15> also add this one: transition-type = none
[20:18] <infinity9> i'll keep looking for a solution. thanks for your help
[20:31] <infinity9> diogenes_Vx15: found it. just had to set user-background to false in lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
[20:31] <infinity9> thanks again
[20:31] <diogenes_Vx15> infinity9, no problem, glad you figured that out.
[21:54] <xu-irc21w> Hi, I have just now installed Ubuntu on my Macbook pro mid 2009 15 inches, I completly erased the OS and installed only thUbuntu (I did it on purpose). NOw suince the mac is heating up a lot I would like to install a lighter version like Xubuntu. HOw could I do that? Should I o bott pressing ALT while having a USB stick with ISO of Xubuntu flashed
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