Arch Linux

Description:


Additional info:
* package version: lightdm-webkit2-greeter 2.2.5-7

* Config file:

lightdm-webkit2-greeter.conf

#
# [greeter]
# debug_mode = Greeter theme debug mode.
# detect_theme_errors = Provide an option to load a fallback theme when theme errors are detected.
# screensaver_timeout = Blank the screen after this many seconds of inactivity.
# secure_mode = Don't allow themes to make remote http requests.
# time_format = A moment.js format string so the greeter can generate localized time for display.
# time_language = Language to use when displaying the time or "auto" to use the system's language.
# webkit_theme = Webkit theme to use.
#
# NOTE: See moment.js documentation for format string options: http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/
#

[greeter]
debug_mode = true #false
detect_theme_errors = true
screensaver_timeout = 300
secure_mode = true
time_format = LT
time_language = auto
webkit_theme = glorious #antergos

#
# [branding]
# background_images = Path to directory that contains background images for use by themes.
# logo = Path to logo image for use by greeter themes.
# user_image = Default user image/avatar. This is used by themes for users that have no .face image.
#
# NOTE: Paths must be accessible to the lightdm system user account (so they cannot be anywhere in /home)
#

[branding]
background_images = /usr/share/backgrounds
logo = /usr/share/pixmaps/archlinux-logo.svg
user_image = /usr/share/pixmaps/archlinux-user.svg

Unfortunately I could not submit an upstream bug report as the repository linked in the upstream url is archived and seems unmaintained:
https://github.com/Antergos/web-greeter

If this project is no longer maintained and is functionally broken, it might be a good idea to remove it from the arch wiki recommended greeters at the very least.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install lightdm
2. Install lightdm-webkit2-greeter
3. Set greeter-session in lightdm.conf to lightdm-webkit2-greeter

Result:

No matter what theme is selected, lightdm-webkit2-greeter now displays a black screen with a cursor after update. I found this forum entry here:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=288994

after downgrading webkit2gtk to 2.40 I was able to get a greeter session again for glorious, although it was unable to find my actual user account. I tried again with antergos as the theme and it displayed a pop up warning that an error had occurred when loading the theme. There was no dialog box to log in and so the greeter was rendered functionally useless. To mitigate, I've switched to lightdm-gtk-greeter for now.