To get to runlevel 3 in Linux Mint, press the Control-Alt-F2 key combination and login at the virtual terminal, then run this command to shut down the login manager. sudo service mdm stopsudo service mdm stop Then you may use the Linux Mint virtual terminal instead of the desktop if you wish. Just run this … Read more
There are some lovely MDM themes here: http://gnome-look.org/index.php?xsortmode=high&page=0&xcontentmode=150&PHPSESSID=677369a539b682bfcfaf4deb6bad7148. These would be perfect for any Linux Mint 15 machine. The MDM login manager in Linux Mint 15 has the ability to load GDM themes as well as new animated HTML5 themes. These themes are perfect for any user that wants to customise the login manager. This … Read more
The Gnome configuration GUI seen in Gentoo that Gnome 3 is missing.Sure the Gnome 3 desktop with some additions is very nice indeed, it is my preferred Linux desktop now, over Lxde & Fluxbox. I have some additions that make the desktop look like the Gnome 2 desktop of old, whilst keeping the Gnome 3 … Read more
I was using Fedora Core 15 and I installed all the updates and after booting up the machine again, I was not able to log in as the GDM package was not working at all. This is not a good advertisement for Fedora at all, this is an already reported bug in the GDM 3.0 … Read more
This is the GDM theme I am using on Gentoo, this theme is the best amongst the many themes I got with this ebuild. And it looks very nice and professional. I used the login in a new window option in Gnome which uses Xnest to open a window displaying the Gnome desktop manager to … Read more