(Working with Linux Mint 17 `Mate` on an Acer Aspire 5750G laptop - intel core i3 based - with 4 GB DDR3 RAM and 1 TB hard drive.)
Our laptop system has 10 users with separate logins but only 8 users are visible on the login screen at one time; you have to search up and down using the arrow keys to find the hidden user names.
Most of our users are young children and the fact their name is not on the login screen presents a problem to their understanding of the login process from the getgo. If they use the arrow keys to search for their name, the names 'wrap around' and rapidly flashing by, adding to their confusion.
The problem increases on a laptop because laptop screens have a small vertical height.
Two questions:
a. Is the login screen a part of Mate, Mint, or Ubuntu code package?
b. Is it possible to access and modify the login screen code to make the login screen more compact, vertically?
The actual login applet for a specific name occupies almost 25% of the physical screen height on our laptop. Reducing the height of this applet would go a long way to making more user names fit onto the login screen.
Thanks for any help!
Login Screen Overflow <SOLVED>
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Re: Login Screen Overflow
Hi,
The login screen is part of the MDM project (https://github.com/linuxmint/mdm). It's cross-distro but developed by Linux Mint.
You can configure it and make it look different:
- Launch "Login Screen" from the menu (if you can't find it, open a terminal and type "sudo mdmsetup").
- In there you can select the type of theme (GTK, GDM or HTML)
- If you pick GDM or HTML you can select a different theme than the default one
The default (HTML) theme has the problem you mentioned. It can't show more than a few usernames. Try different themes, some will work better than others for that particular case as they'll be more compact or they will show the user list in a different manner.
The login screen is part of the MDM project (https://github.com/linuxmint/mdm). It's cross-distro but developed by Linux Mint.
You can configure it and make it look different:
- Launch "Login Screen" from the menu (if you can't find it, open a terminal and type "sudo mdmsetup").
- In there you can select the type of theme (GTK, GDM or HTML)
- If you pick GDM or HTML you can select a different theme than the default one
The default (HTML) theme has the problem you mentioned. It can't show more than a few usernames. Try different themes, some will work better than others for that particular case as they'll be more compact or they will show the user list in a different manner.
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CowichanBoy
Re: Login Screen Overflow
Thanks, Clem, for such a quick and helpful reply! In Linux Mint 17 `Mate` the applet to vary the login screen theme is accessed via Administration / Login Window, and requires a password to use.
As a relative newcomer I'm amazed by the effort, energy, and openness of the Linux / Mint / Mate environment. Well done, all.
I'm struggling to understand the whole context of things from a programmer's point of view, and where one begins to customize the underlying code for oneself.
For example, Linux Mint 17 `Mate` defaults to the HTML theme; it seems to be controlled by the code contained in the file /usr/share/mdm/html-themes/Mint-X/index.html, but any changes I make to the code soon disappear as the file mysteriously reverts to the original.
Learning how to make changes to the underlying Linux/ Mint / Mate code on one's own computer will be the next adventure...
As a relative newcomer I'm amazed by the effort, energy, and openness of the Linux / Mint / Mate environment. Well done, all.
I'm struggling to understand the whole context of things from a programmer's point of view, and where one begins to customize the underlying code for oneself.
For example, Linux Mint 17 `Mate` defaults to the HTML theme; it seems to be controlled by the code contained in the file /usr/share/mdm/html-themes/Mint-X/index.html, but any changes I make to the code soon disappear as the file mysteriously reverts to the original.
Learning how to make changes to the underlying Linux/ Mint / Mate code on one's own computer will be the next adventure...