Downgrade 'Lucid' GDM From 2.28 to 2.20?

[kamitsukai]

Hi can someone give a quick run-down of how to downgrade the GDM to 2.20 so I can use themes

I'm running Linux Mint 9 'Isadora' 32bit

Thanks in advance!

[mikewhatever]

Why did you assume it was possible to downgrade?

[nhasian]

i'm curious why you want to?

[Ozymandias_117]

While it's a bit of a pain in the ***, it may be easier to follow this guide: http://laptopny.us/ubuntu-tips/how-to-change-login-screen-background-on-lucid-lynx-ubuntu-10-04 than to try to downgrade your GDM.

[wojox]

If you switch to 2.20 it's going to mess up a lot of stuff.

[warfacegod]

gdm2setup might be a good solution.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1358026

The first post says that it's for Karmic but I've used it in Lucid (GAG!) as well.

[kamitsukai]

Why did you assume it was possible to downgrade?

Because you can in Karmic, I suppose it's was a stupid idea


i'm curious why you want to?

seriously? please see OP


While it's a bit of a pain in the ***, it may be easier to follow this guide: http://laptopny.us/ubuntu-tips/how-to-change-login-screen-background-on-lucid-lynx-ubuntu-10-04 than to try to downgrade your GDM.

Already done that...


If you switch to 2.20 it's going to mess up a lot of stuff.

Why? other then the fact that 2.20 is now obsolete


gdm2setup might be a good solution.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1358026

The first post says that it's for Karmic but I've used it in Lucid (GAG!) as well.

Still not quite what a I want...


There must be a way to do this... I just can't stand how the GDM looks, ugly would be an understatement

[warfacegod]

As far as I know, using actual themes for the loggin screen is still impossible. The best you can do is change the background and icon theme. If gdm2 setup isn't to your liking, Ubuntu Tweak has a similar function. Startup Manager might be useful as well.