No trackpad (mouse) in gdm

[Heart]

Hi,

I installed LXDE 11 yesterday on my laptop... everything works but I have no mouse in gdm!? Is this normal? I really want/need a mouse in the gdm login window.

[Benzin]

I have exactly the same issue. No mouse in login screen.

[mrachni]

Open synaptic package manager, check GDM for complete removal, than check LXDM for install. Apply changes and when it asks check LXDM as default login manager. Thats it. Mouse is working now And auto login can be set.

[Heart]

Open synaptic package manager, check GDM for complete removal, than check LXDM for install. Apply changes and when it asks check LXDM as default login manager. Thats it. Mouse is working now And auto login can be set.

But wasn't there a "bug" that caused Linux Mint team to switch from LXDM back to GDM

[Benzin]

Open synaptic package manager, check GDM for complete removal, than check LXDM for install. Apply changes and when it asks check LXDM as default login manager. Thats it. Mouse is working now And auto login can be set.

Worked like a charm here!
Plus the whole boot-login process seems faster with LXDM, and i dont see any bug (yet).
I wonder why the mint devs chose to use GDM instead? After all, this is the LXDE edition of mint.

[Heart]

yes it works here too...

One thing I miss in lxdm is there is only a "username" entry field
Is there a chance to have all my users shown in a list (with pic) as gdm do? So the user only have to click its username and entry the pw instead of manually type its username and pw?

[nunol]

But wasn't there a "bug" that caused Linux Mint team to switch from LXDM back to GDM

I believe the bug only affects a few systems, not all.

[mrachni]

I guess GDM has bug to Glad to solve your problem.

[Heart]

Have to ask this again because my wife really miss that

Is there a chance to have all the users shown in a list (with pic) as gdm do? So the user only have to click its username and entry the pw instead of manually type its username and pw?

[beermad]

Open synaptic package manager, check GDM for complete removal, than check LXDM for install. Apply changes and when it asks check LXDM as default login manager. Thats it. Mouse is working now And auto login can be set.

Pardon what might seem a stupid question, but how can this be achieved without a working mouse? I installed the new Mint Debian XFCE release having tried the live CD and thinking it looked fantastic. But once installed I couldn't actually log in because the X server wasn't responding to my mouse. It seems something of a Catch-22 situation - need to use the mouse to log in to fix the fact that the mouse isn't working

I'd really like to give Mint another try - running the live CD gave me the nicest-looking desktop I've seen yet.