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Configures lightdm display manager.
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Version information

  • 0.1.1 (latest)
  • 0.1.0
released Mar 6th 2019

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  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'gizmoguy-lightdm', '0.1.1'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add gizmoguy-lightdm
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install gizmoguy-lightdm --version 0.1.1

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Documentation

gizmoguy/lightdm — version 0.1.1 Mar 6th 2019

lightdm

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Setup - The basics of getting started with lightdm
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.

Overview

This is a simple Puppet module for managing the lightdm display-manager and setting lightdm as the system-wide display-manager for systemd systems.

Setup

What lightdm affects

  • Installs lightdm package
  • Manages /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
  • Manages /etc/lightdm/users.conf
  • Manages /etc/X11/default-display-manager

Beginning with lightdm

include '::lightdm'

Usage

Typical usage will involve installing lightdm and setting it as the default display-manager for the machine. We can also use the module to write out a lightdm.conf for configuring lightdm.

class { '::lightdm':
  config => {
    'Seat:*' => {
      'greeter-show-manual-login' => 'true'
    }
}

Reference

Parameters

####config

Hash of configuration sections and keys/values to apply to lightdm.conf

####config_users

Hash of configuration sections and keys/values to apply to users.conf

####greeter

Which greeter to install and configure as the default.

####make_default

Boolean. If true the module will set lightdm as the default X11 display-manager and update the systemd display-manager.service symlink to point to lightdm.

####service_manage

Boolean. If true the module will restart lightdm after config changes.

Limitations

This module has been built on and tested against Puppet 3.x.

This module has been tested on:

  • Ubuntu 16.04