Comments on: hide user list in Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 login

By: kleinerpinguin

kleinerpinguin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:12:34 +0000

Thank you so much!
I’ve been searching for this information for quite a while.
Now my login screen doesnt look cluttered any more
Have a nice day!

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By: aldeby

aldeby — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:29:54 +0000

Thank you for correcting my mistake!
I’m glad there is always something more to learn!
Have a good day!

By: Noreply

Noreply — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:37:38 +0000

GDM does run in userspace. To say that it doesn’t run in userspace means that it runs within the OS kernel code.

By: aldeby

aldeby — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:26:10 +0000

Thanks Fernando!
Basically that is the same as avsej suggested which is the same as I’ve written plus the fundamental detail that it’s the root gconf that has to be tweaked that way, not the user one.

Forgetting to first gain administrator privileges leads to the non effectiveness of the procedure.
Thanks you for pointing this out!

By: Fernando

Fernando — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:16:41 +0000

I found the answer to your question at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1292065
it worked for me after the instructions in this posting were ignored by Karmic.

Good luck

Fernando

By: aldeby

aldeby — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:27:54 +0000

Thanks for pointing this out avsej!
By the way your procedure simply means setting the root gconf option instead of the user one. By other means that can be achieved as well throught gksu gconf-editor

By: avsej

avsej — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:05:16 +0000

8. Restart gdm sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

PS. If step 5 fails, try
$ sudo -s $ sudo -u gdm gconf-editor

By: avsej

avsej — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:00:25 +0000

Try this:

1. Logout of your current session and return to the GDM
2. Switch to the tty command line prompt using Ctrl-Alt-F1
3. Login using your normal login/password
4. at the command line prompt type: export DISPLAY=:0.0
5. then type: sudo -u gdm gconf-editor
6. Switch back to the gdm screen using ALT-F7
7. Then navigate to /apps/gdm/simple-greeter and tick disable user list

By: aldeby

aldeby — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:16:06 +0000

Sorry, in the original post I forgot to add it should be the root gconf to be tweaked, not the user one. My mistake, sorry!