Problem
The login screen (slick-greeter) runs as the lightdm system user in a separate session. It does not inherit the logged-in user's font and DPI settings (org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name, text-scaling-factor, and Xft.dpi). It only reads /etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf, so by default the greeter uses its own font and auto-DPI — which looks different from the desktop the user just configured.
Existing capability, not exposed in the GUI
slick-greeter.conf already supports the keys font-name and xft-dpi (plus xft-antialias, xft-hintstyle, xft-rgba). However, lightdm-settings only exposes a "HiDPI support" toggle (enable-hidpi: auto/on/off) and provides no explicit font or DPI controls (see the "Settings" page in lightdm-settings).
Request
Add a Fonts / Appearance section to the Login Window tool with:
- GTK font name (
font-name)
- DPI (
xft-dpi)
- Ideally a "Use same as current session" checkbox that, on save, reads the current user's
org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name and computed DPI (from text-scaling-factor / Xft.dpi) and writes them into slick-greeter.conf.
Why
- Consistent look between the login screen and the desktop.
- Important for HiDPI and accessibility users (e.g. a 1.6× text scale / ~307 DPI desktop currently falls back to a tiny greeter font).
Environment (reporter)
- Linux Mint, Cinnamon (X-Cinnamon)
- lightdm-settings 2.1.1
- slick-greeter 2.2.6
Problem
The login screen (
slick-greeter) runs as thelightdmsystem user in a separate session. It does not inherit the logged-in user's font and DPI settings (org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name,text-scaling-factor, andXft.dpi). It only reads/etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf, so by default the greeter uses its own font and auto-DPI — which looks different from the desktop the user just configured.Existing capability, not exposed in the GUI
slick-greeter.confalready supports the keysfont-nameandxft-dpi(plusxft-antialias,xft-hintstyle,xft-rgba). However,lightdm-settingsonly exposes a "HiDPI support" toggle (enable-hidpi: auto/on/off) and provides no explicit font or DPI controls (see the "Settings" page inlightdm-settings).Request
Add a Fonts / Appearance section to the Login Window tool with:
font-name)xft-dpi)org.gnome.desktop.interface font-nameand computed DPI (fromtext-scaling-factor/Xft.dpi) and writes them intoslick-greeter.conf.Why
Environment (reporter)