linuxmint/slick-greeter

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A slick-looking LightDM greeter

Stars: 441
Forks: 70
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 37

Dominant language: Vala
License: GPL-3.0
Last GitHub push: Jul 2, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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Bootup now requires password to get to desktop after setting it to no password for the last 6 years Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#292 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 17, 2026
Login screen not shown on external screen, laptop lid has to be opened Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#291 · Opened Sep 15, 2026
After returning from standby (sleep), 2 monitors are perceived as one on the login screen and background image are stretches across two monitors. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#289 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 21, 2026
Password field on external HDMI monitor is only rendered after mouse movement Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#287 · Opened Aug 15, 2026
draw-user-backgrounds: solid desktop colour not shown on login screen Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#285 · Opened Jul 14, 2026
Password reveal button security issues Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#284 · 1 reaction · Opened May 27, 2026
Keyboard layout indicator in Slick Greeter visually switches to US when pressing modifier keys (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Super, Caps Lock) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#280 · Opened May 10, 2026
Display stays on VT7 after logout, greeter renders correctly on VT8 but VT switch doesn't occur Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#278 · Opened Apr 16, 2026
`More layouts…` on login screen: ~500 entries, no search — users can't find their layout Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#277 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 5, 2026
Linux Mint Cinnamon Slick Greeter only showing 6 of 7 usernames. Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#275 · Opened Dec 13, 2025
[question] Future of slick-greeter with lightdm Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#273 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 5, 2025
Lightdm-slick-greeter no keyboard input when remoting in via RustDeskt Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#271 · Opened Sep 20, 2025
Login screen a little unresponsive under Zara Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#270 · Opened Sep 7, 2025
Support for Drop-in config directories Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#267 · Opened Jul 20, 2025
No graphic output on login screen Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#266 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 26, 2025
Feature request - expand "other-monitor-logo" Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#260 · Opened May 3, 2025
Sleep/Suspend with no logged in users Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#258 · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 15, 2025
Clickable icon for onboard keyboard, or add it to language list if possible? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#257 · Opened Apr 14, 2025
Keyboard Shortcuts Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#256 · Opened Feb 19, 2025
Multi-user login requires clicking the first user before other users are selectable Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#255 · Opened Jan 24, 2025
slick-greeter ignoring config settings Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#253 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 10, 2025
Support screensaver suggestion Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#247 · Opened Oct 22, 2024
Add badge for Qtile window manager Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#246 · Opened Sep 2, 2024
Linux Mint 21.3 Login Window users list hidden, no way to log in Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#237 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 28, 2024
"Draw user backgrounds" and background image selection only works for the default wallpapers. Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#232 · 4 comments · Opened Jan 19, 2024
With fingerprint check enabled, the login process can happen without password or the fingerprint itself Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#225 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 24, 2023
Fingerprint Login Error Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#218 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 12, 2023
Suggestion: Option to add the network applet to the menubar as an indicator Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#217 · 5 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 20, 2023
Password field not entirely visible when password is expired and should be changed Open

linuxmint/slick-greeter#184 · 6 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 29, 2021
Authentication through fprintd breaks the interface and is unusable Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#168 · 4 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Aug 25, 2020
Password field not shown until alternative user selected Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#153 · 12 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 22, 2020
Messages not honoring system locale Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#142 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 30, 2019
hidpi: Background is blurry in HiDPI mode. Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#113 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 15, 2018
Password field is not visible when logging out of second account Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#99 · 13 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Mar 4, 2018
Flash of black screen between logging in and loading DE Open

Gathering Info

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#95 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 22, 2018
font from schema not respected in code? Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#50 · 9 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 12, 2017
[Feature Request] Option to Display User Picture on the left of Username and Password Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

linuxmint/slick-greeter#47 · 9 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Jun 11, 2017

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