Ubuntu – How to use LightDM with GNOME3

11.04gnomelightdm

I just installed GNOME3 following the steps from another question 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

then installed lightdm, tried starting it and got a blank screen, what did I do wrong?

sudo apt-get install lightdm
sudo lightdm

then blank screen (is this normal?) … restarted (using power button, is this blank screen normal?), selected Ubuntu GNOME Shell Desktop got "Failed to load sesson Gnome" tried Ubuntu and got "Failed to load session ubuntu" …

This is a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04 Server on Virtual Box.

Best Answer

This may not work for Installlation and you May Receive a Black Screen. Please Feel Comfortable with using the Recover Console and other methods before attempting to install,

How to install

Source is in Launchpad (bzr clone lp:lightdm) and tarball releases. If you are using Ubuntu (Lucid or Maverick) you can install it from a PPA:

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:robert-ancell/lightdm
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install lightdm lightdm-theme-webkit lightdm-theme-gnome

You can test lightdm by running it in a window:

 sudo apt-get install xserver-xephyr

Create the file lightdm.conf:

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  theme=webkit
  lightdm –test-mode -c lightdm.conf

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