f9: where is the graphic application to configure "login window preference"

[Dario Lesca]

gdmsetup is missing

With which application has been replaced?

I hope not with: sudo gedit /etc/gdm/custom.conf

Thanks

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[Tim]

On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 14:40 +0200, Dario Lesca wrote:
>  gdmsetup is missing 
Nup, not "missing" but there isn't one to be missing, yet...

>  With which application has been replaced?
>  
>  I hope not with: sudo gedit /etc/gdm/custom.conf 
Pretty much...

Have a look at:  http://hacktux.com/fedora/9/gdm

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[Todd Zullinger]

Tim wrote:
>  On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 14:40 +0200, Dario Lesca wrote:
> > With which application has been replaced?
> > 
> > I hope not with: sudo gedit /etc/gdm/custom.conf 
You say that like editing the conf file isn't the best way to
configure a daemon. ;)

>  Have a look at:  http://hacktux.com/fedora/9/gdm 
The brute force method for changing the background is not needed.  As
I posted here the other day[1]:

su -c 'gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gdm/.gconf -s
--type string /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /path/to/background.jpg' gdm

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-June/msg00323.html

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[Tim]

Tim:
> > Have a look at:  http://hacktux.com/fedora/9/gdm 
Todd Zullinger:
>  The brute force method for changing the background is not needed. 
> As
>  I posted here the other day[1]:
>  
>  su -c 'gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
>  xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gdm/.gconf -s --type
>  string /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /path/to/background.jpg' gdm
>  
>  [1]
>  https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-June/msg00323.html  
Okay, that gets you background changes, but what about other GDM
parameters?  If you want to do other things, timed logons, etc., then
you will have to hand edit the configuration files.

I hope GDM's efficiency gets improved, it takes quite some time for it
to do its business, much slower than the older version.

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[Todd Zullinger]

Tim wrote:
>  Okay, that gets you background changes, but what about other GDM
>  parameters?  If you want to do other things, timed logons, etc.,
>  then you will have to hand edit the configuration files. 
Yeah.  I was only pointing out that the method for changing the
background detailed on the hacktux.com site probably isn't the best
way to do that.  For one, that method changes the default background
for all users, not just for gdm.

A gui tool will come eventually.  But it's not really that hard to
tweak things by editing files.  Even when gdmsetup was around, I
preferred to edit the config file directly.  I guess I'm weird. ;)

For more details on what can be changed and where to change it, see:

http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration

(I'm not sure if that was posted in any of the recent threads or not.)

>  I hope GDM's efficiency gets improved, it takes quite some time
> for
>  it to do its business, much slower than the older version. 
I haven't noticed it being much slower for me.  But I also don't spend
much time at the login screen.  If I see it more than once a week,
it's only if I'm trying to configure it.

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[Valent Turkovic]

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Dario Lesca <d.lesca(a)solinos.it&gt; wrote:
>  gdmsetup is missing
>
>  With which application has been replaced?
>
>  I hope not with: sudo gedit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
>
>  Thanks
>
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Try checking out upstream GDM bug:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=553250

and also gdm mailing list:
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gdm-list

Cheers,
Valent.

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