# Changing from slick greeter to lightdm-gtk greeter

**URL:** https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/changing-from-slick-greeter-to-lightdm-gtk-greeter/899
**Category:** Newbies
**Created:** [December 15, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/changing-from-slick-greeter-to-lightdm-gtk-greeter/899 "2022-12-15T14:31:36Z")
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### Author: ![Ercouper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ercouper/32/329_2.png) [@Ercouper](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Ercouper)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/changing-from-slick-greeter-to-lightdm-gtk-greeter/899/1 "2022-12-15T14:31:36Z")

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Is there a safe way to remove slick greeter and return to lightdm-gtk greeter?  
I uninstalled slick-greeter but found that I had no login screen and had to go into root maintenance to reinstall slick-greeter again.

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### Author: ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/changing-from-slick-greeter-to-lightdm-gtk-greeter/899/2 "2022-12-15T14:42:52Z")

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@Ercouper

1. Install `lightdm-gtk-greeter`

```auto
    sudo pacman -S lightdm-gtk-greeter

```

1. Edit `/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf` to change

```auto
greeter-session=lightdm-slick-greeter

```

to

```auto
greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter

```

You can use a text editor of your choice. Like

```auto
    sudo xed /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

```

(If you are using Cinnamon)  
or

```auto
    sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

```

(Console editor, but works on all RebornOS desktops)

1. Then Save, exit, and reboot

2. If everything is fine after reboot, you can uninstall `lightdm-slick-greeter`

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### Author: ![Ercouper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/ercouper/32/329_2.png) [@Ercouper](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/Ercouper)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/changing-from-slick-greeter-to-lightdm-gtk-greeter/899/3 "2022-12-15T14:59:34Z")

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Thanks, that worked perfectly.  
The mistake that I originally made was when editing the lightdm.conf file I had greeter-session=lightdm-gtk but left off -greeter at the end. 😐