ubuntu like lightdm in arch linux

Question

I have just installed archlinux on a virtual machine and I managed to install lightdm by following the instructions given in

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LightDM

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Display_Manager

but lightdm looks like this

But I want it to look like the default one in ubuntu

How can that be done ?

Ps: I am running xfce4 as the desktop Environment

Solution

[The ArchWiki looks dead currently, so I don't know what is contained in the instructions you linked to.]

To change the looks of LightDM, you need to install a theme and configure it. This page suggests that the relevant Arch packages might be lightdm-unity-greeter or lightdm-webkit-greeter.

Comments

[Ulrich Schwarz]

If nobody has a better idea, you could boot an Ubuntu Live CD and look at its configuration file. (I am assuming LightDM ist what Ubuntu uses?)

[Gautam]

The wiki is up now , I'll try installing the packages you mentioned .

[Gautam]

I managed to Install it , But I don't know how to activate it , Any Ideas ?

[rozcietrzewiacz]

According to this, the configuration file on Arch is named /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. And, for example, this blog entry suggests how a simple config file may look like (google or read documentation for more).

[mchid]

on newer versions run these commands: echo "[SeatDefaults]" | sudo tee /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf and echo "greeter-session=unity-greeter" | sudo tee -a /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf