Install the Ubuntu login screen on Linux Mint
Version 13 of Linux Mint (Maya) uses the MDM login manager that requires you to enter the username of the user you want to log in to in addition to your password which might annoy a few people. Although it is possible to display a user list, the way of achieving this is quite circumstantial and involves editing an XML file which isn’t the user-friendliest way.
Instead, you can also install the same login screen Ubuntu uses, which is lightdm:
To install it, just open a terminal and enter following:
sudo apt-get install lightdm
After the installation, you will be asked which of the installed login managers you would like to use, the original one (mdm) or the new one you just installed (lightdm) – pick lightdm here by selecting it and hitting Enter:
The next time you have to log in, you’ll see your new login screen!
No, next time I logged in I saw a black screen and could only use the dumb terminal mode – no login manager anymore. I only got a message that MDM was not the default manager anymore (well, that’s what I selected) and that I should edit /etc/default/saned, for whatever reason.
Hi Tom,
this stuff only works on Mint 13 Cinnamon and not on Mint 13 Mate.
On Mint Mate I had the same problem.
To fix it you have to boot Mint in recovery mode and you have to choose a root-shell.
After login with the root password enter that:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure mdm
After rebooting Mint you have to choose Mate as the default session by using the symbol in the middle of the login screen.
Regards
DSL-Surfer