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How to Change the Login Template

Summary

This article will discuss how to adjust the login template using LXDM, which is responsible for providing the default login screen at startup.

Manually Edit the Configuration File

In order to modify the login template, it's necessary to reconfigure the LXDM configuration file (lxdm.conf) using the terminal. The syntax of the command to open the LXDM configuration file is:

sudo nano /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf

Configuration Changes

For the sake of not needing to rewrite what's already been written very well, the following will be a cut/paste from the Manjaro wiki page on LXDM configuration of some of the more useful configuration changes: