Can't switch between lightdm and gdm

Question

I installed Ubuntu Studio 13.10 from a minimal CD, and then upgraded to 14.04. But since the cd install, I have been trying to change from gdm to lightdm. I have tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm, sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm, reinstalling lightdm, but none of this works for me. Any idea?

Thank you!

Edit

I am not allowed to post an answer right now, so here it is if someone needs it before I can write a real one.

Ok, I found the answer on this thread: Is it possible to use the 'unity-greeter' for LightDM on Xubuntu 11.10? Turns out lightDM was activated, but the interface looked different. The greeter I had was called lightdm-gtk-greeter and the one I was used to unity-greeter. So all I had to do was to change the file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Oh, well done for getting there though :D – Ads20000 Apr 24 '14 at 20:45 — Ads20000, Apr 24 '14 at 20:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Have you rebooted? Also try

sudo gdm stop
sudo lightdm stop
sudo lightdm start

Or

sudo service gdm stop
sudo service lightdm start

Sources:
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Inverse of this

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Apr 24 '14 at 16:34

Ads20000

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Thank you for your reply. However, the first three make my screen look all jittery and unusable (sorry if this is a bit unclear); and the other two do not work, ubuntu has a problem with the keyword stop – Apr 24 '14 at 19:14

Can't switch between lightdm and gdm

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