Hello and congratulations,
Is there a way to show/display the name of the session(s) with lxde (lubuntu 10.04), for example above the menu or elsewhere?
In lubuntu, it doesn't seem possible to create a session without a password. I know it is not recommended but wanted in some cases for users with limited rights.
A French user
Lxde - Lubuntu
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Marty Jack
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Re: Lxde - Lubuntu
You mean the name of the session as equal to "echo $DESKTOP_SESSION", or did you mean the currently logged in user name "echo $USER"?
This would be an interesting item of information to add somewhere.
This would be an interesting item of information to add somewhere.
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Hoppipolla
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Re: Lxde - Lubuntu
Lubuntu rocks 
The default set up I got was really good, clean, polished!
I don't fully understand the suggestion myself, but I'm just a noob to some of this stuff!
Do you mean for aesthetic value (describing the currently used OS/desktop) or?
The default set up I got was really good, clean, polished!
I don't fully understand the suggestion myself, but I'm just a noob to some of this stuff!
Do you mean for aesthetic value (describing the currently used OS/desktop) or?
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juliav66
Re: Lxde - Lubuntu
I mean a simple way to see the username displayed somewhere on the screen like in other variants of Ubuntu, in other distributions or systems. It's useful for instance if you install Lubuntu on a computer with different sessions/user(name)s. It could be for example at the top of the Lubuntu Menu or elsewhere.
By the way, do I have to add a (gnome) program/package(s) to Lubuntu to be able to change the login screen in order to have all the sessions available displayed?
Do you know if and how it's possible to create a simple user session with no password required? Perhaps I can't do it because I need to have a root password - like in distros other than Ubuntu - and create the user via this password. But I doubt it.
Thanks in advance
By the way, do I have to add a (gnome) program/package(s) to Lubuntu to be able to change the login screen in order to have all the sessions available displayed?
Do you know if and how it's possible to create a simple user session with no password required? Perhaps I can't do it because I need to have a root password - like in distros other than Ubuntu - and create the user via this password. But I doubt it.
Thanks in advance
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Marty Jack
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Re: Lxde - Lubuntu
I'll definitely add the username display to the work list.
You need root privileges (or the equivalent SELinux capability if under SELinux) to create a user. No doubt about that. Otherwise anyone could destroy your password file. The "useradd" command is the command-line way to do it. Once having gotten there, you can add the user with no password. As I remember, you need to usermod -U afterward to unlock it if it has no password.
At this time we do not offer a graphical configuration tool for things that need root privileges. This is on the longer term work list.
As to sessions being displayed in the display manager, this is something you should take up with Lubuntu. You can always run gdm instead of lxdm if that turns out to be the issue. I am not sure how many of the Lubuntu people follow this forum.
You need root privileges (or the equivalent SELinux capability if under SELinux) to create a user. No doubt about that. Otherwise anyone could destroy your password file. The "useradd" command is the command-line way to do it. Once having gotten there, you can add the user with no password. As I remember, you need to usermod -U afterward to unlock it if it has no password.
At this time we do not offer a graphical configuration tool for things that need root privileges. This is on the longer term work list.
As to sessions being displayed in the display manager, this is something you should take up with Lubuntu. You can always run gdm instead of lxdm if that turns out to be the issue. I am not sure how many of the Lubuntu people follow this forum.