[gnome-initial-setup] More updates for the README



commit 1e12dda5ccd69f8e2dc9a206ac2671e10488a4e4
Author: Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>
Date:   Fri Sep 28 20:19:09 2012 -0400

    More updates for the README

 gnome-initial-setup/README |   40 +++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-initial-setup/README b/gnome-initial-setup/README
index e3ca720..3cc86b5 100644
--- a/gnome-initial-setup/README
+++ b/gnome-initial-setup/README
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ before it can be considered fully usable. The initial-setup mode is an
 attempt to solve these problems.
 
 When in initial-setup mode, gdm does not bring up the regular greeter
-for the login screen, but instead starts the gdm-initial-setup application
-in a special session. gdm-initial-setup offers a series of steps to
+for the login screen, but instead starts the gnome-initial-setup
+application in a special session. gnome-initial-setup offers a series
+of steps to
 
 1. Connect to the network
 2. Create a new user account
@@ -19,16 +20,16 @@ In terms of the user experience, we want the initial setup to seamlessly
 switch to the regular user session. In particular, we don't want to
 make the user enter his credentials again on the login screen.
 
-We can't run the gdm-initial-setup application with the correct user,
+We can't run the gnome-initial-setup application with the correct user,
 since the user account does not exist yet at that time. Therefore, gdm
-creates a temporary gdm-initial-setup user, and runs gdm-initial-setup
-as that user. When gdm-inital-setup is done, it then initiates an autologin
-for the newly created user account to switch to the 'real' session.
-gdm removes the temporary gdm-initial-setup user before switching to
-the real session.
+creates a temporary gnome-initial-setup user, and runs gnome-initial-setup
+as that user. When gdm-inital-setup is done, it then initiates an
+autologin for the newly created user account to switch to the 'real'
+session. gdm removes the temporary gnome-initial-setup user before
+switching to the real session.
 
 Due to this arrangement, we need to copy all the settings that have been
-changed during the initial setup session from the gdm-initial-setup
+changed during the initial setup session from the gnome-initial-setup
 user to the real user.
 
 Mechanics
@@ -40,19 +41,19 @@ InitialSetupEnable=True
 
 in the [daemon] section of /etc/gdm/custom.conf. To actually
 trigger the initial-setup, gdm additionally looks for the file
-/lib/gdm/run-initial-setup. gdm removes this file after the
+/var/lib/gdm/run-initial-setup. gdm removes this file after the
 initial setup has been performed.
 
 The session that gdm starts for the initial-setup session is
 defined by the file /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-setup.session.
 Like the regular greeter session, it uses the desktop files in
-/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications/
+/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications/.
 
 Before starting the initial-setup session, gdm copies the file
-/usr/share/gdm/20-gdm-initial-setup.pkla into the PolicyKit
-configuration to provide suitable permissions for the gdm-initial-setup
-user. The pkla file is removed again together with the gdm-initial-setup
-user account.
+/usr/share/gdm/20-gnome-initial-setup.rules into the polkit
+configuration to provide suitable permissions for the gnome-initial-setup
+user. The rules file is removed again together with the
+gnome-initial-setup user account.
 
 TODO
 ----
@@ -61,17 +62,10 @@ TODO
 
 - Automatic detection of location/timezone is not implemented
 
-- gnome-shell needs a somewhat slimmed down mode that is more suitable
-  to the setup scenario. It should be similar to gdm-mode in that it
-  will not show activitites or the user menu or the calendar. But it
-  should (obviously) not present a user list and act as a greeter.
-
-- The summary screen should offer a 'tour' of the desktop.
+- Configuration of input sources
 
 - Figure out how to unlock the copied keyring after the autologin
   into the newly created session.
 
 - Split the setup/teardown for the temporary account into a
   helper binary, to make selinux happy.
-
-- Use /var/lib/gdm/run-initial-setup instead of /etc/gdm/run-initial-setup.



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