On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:27:40AM +1030, Tim wrote:
Sharpe, Sam J:
Add or edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf and add this section:
[greeter] Browser=false
Then restart gdm...
fred smith:
This doesn't seem to work in F10. I remember seeing other posts on it, and the consensus was th at a lot of the configurability has been disabled, including the ability to control the font size (which on my eeepc is HUGE on the small screen).
Allegedly, replacing it with the one from F9 solves the proglem, though I haven't tried that.
Well, I'm using Fedora 9, and nothing that I've tried stops that damn user list appearing on GDM. Neither does anything stop the inclusion of names I want excluded. I've even tried changing the background image, and it ignores that instruction, too.
I've got no kind words for the thing. It's not configurable. It's slow to fire up, *much* slower than the GDM logon screen on Fedora 7. Every log on requires cursoring through the list, or typing the name, since it NEVER starts with reselecting the same name that logged in previously, nor does the list appear to be in any detectable sorting order (user ID, user name, real name, nothing).
I tried using XDM, instead, but it doesn't start something that Gnome needs to run. I don't want *anything* to do with KDE on my system, so KDM's not getting a look in.
Just a straight type in username and password box, as it used to be, would suit me.
This should work fine:
$ su - # enter root password at prompt $ GCONFSYS=$(gconftool-2 --get-default-source) $ gconftool-2 --config-source=$GCONFSYS --set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list \ --type bool true
Just tried it on my F10 box and it works like a charm. You can't get rid of the "Other..." selection AFAICT, but all the other faces disappear as expected. If you want the faces back, use "false."
The gconf-editor doesn't yet support editing alternate configuration choices like this yet, but perhaps a knowledgeable person on this list could help with that.