lightdm(1)

lightdm1

A display manager

Usage

lightdm [OPTION]

Overview

lightdm is a display manager.

Options

-h, --help

Show help options

-c, --config=FILE

Use configuration file

-d, --debug

Print debugging messages

--test-mode

Run as unprivileged user, skipping things that require root access

--pid-file=FILE

File to write PID into

--xsessions-dir=DIRECTORY

Directory to load X sessions from

--xgreeters-dir=DIRECTORY

Directory to load X greeters from

--log-dir=DIRECTORY

Directory to write logs to

--run-dir=DIRECTORY

Directory to store running state

--cache-dir=DIRECTORY

Directory to cached information

-v, --version

Show release version

Files

/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Configuration

/etc/lightdm/users.conf

User list configuration (if not using Accounts Service)

/etc/lightdm/keys.conf

XDMCP keys

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 7
  2. 8–Arch

From lightdm 1:1.33.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.