I changed my main user's ID from 1000 to 999 and now it no longer shows on the login screen. I expected it not to show, but I also expected the login screen (the default that ships with MATE/Mint 16) to be smart enough to show a box where you can manually type in a username if there are no users over 1000 to list. It isn't.Is there a way to change to a different login theme that will allow a username to be entered (from the command line, because I can't log in graphically!)? Is there a way to make the login screen show a username prompt? Maybe some hidden hotkey combination?I can use CTRL+ALT+F2 and login and run startx, but the DE response is brutally slow, and it doesn't have the login screen chooser on the menu when MATE is started that way.
How can I get a username prompt on Mint 16's login screen?
linux mint;login;mate
Well, there are a few things you could try. Log in from the command line and open the file /etc/mdm/mdm.conf:sudo nano /etc/mdm/mdm.confThat's the file that controls mdm's (MInt's default login manager) behavior. You could set IncludeAll=trueto show all users orInclude=nickto show yours.Alternatively, you can change the theme settings:GraphicalTheme=Transparent UserListYou can see available themes with this command:ls /usr/share/mdm/themes/