Change GDM in mint 9

[Notna888]

I'll be strait to the point, I'm using Linux mint 9, but I want to change the gdm (login screen if I've picked up the wrong lingo) every tutorial I read it tells me to go to administration -> log in screen or something to that effect
Knowing Mint is based on ubuntu I looked around on their forums too, after having no luck here, doesn't mean I didn't miss a solution though, basically what I'm asking is, how on earth do I change the log in screen? my guess is I have to install something, but I honestly have no idea

thanks in advance

[richyrich]

To add this app into your package manager, execute the following commands from a terminal window:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gdm2setup/gdm2setup
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-gdm2setup

The application will now update along with your other packages automatically and will appear in your System / Administration menu as "Login (GDM2Setup)".

https://launchpad.net/gdm2setup

[Notna888]

Ahh, that works perfectly, if you want to change the background and icon theme and things of the such, but sorry I should of mentioned I want to be able to choose a theme, for example one off gnome-look.org using a method similar to the one explained here http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-instal ... buntu.html if that's possible, but I'll be sure to play with GDM2Setup in the meantime

[richyrich]

Hint : When you add new themes, do it with sudo privilege, and install it in usr/share/themes . . then it will be available for gdm2setup (all users) . .

[proxima_centauri]

Ahh, that works perfectly, if you want to change the background and icon theme and things of the such, but sorry I should of mentioned I want to be able to choose a theme, for example one off gnome-look.org using a method similar to the one explained here http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-instal ... buntu.html if that's possible, but I'll be sure to play with GDM2Setup in the meantime

Those themes were for GDM < v2.28. They are not compatible with the latest versions of GDM, also why you cannot find that "Login Window Preferences" as shown on the tutorial.