Re: gdm a11y issues

[Julian King <jpk28 cus cam ac uk>]

> 2. gdm does not support theming:
> 
>     http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125070
> 
>     It is important for the user to be able to change the theme to LargeIcon,
>     Inverse, etc. in order to support various visibility impairments.  I'm
>     not sure the best approach to allow the user to change the theme.

We have a local patch to allow users to change the resolution of their
display pre-logging in.  All it does it move the XF86Config (via a symlink
change), and restart the X server.  We could cope with some other changes
via this mechanism, but I accept that it doesn't scale very well.

>From our point of view it is better than windows can manage, so we are
ahead of the game.

>     Perhaps we could add a menu where the user could select various a11y
>     themes that are available for use, or perhaps the gesture listener
>     mechanism could be used to launch a program that allows the user to
>     change the theme.  Unfortunately the theme capplet can't be used
>     directly because it allows users to install new themes, a feature that
>     shouldn't be available before login.
> 
>     It would also be nice if the theme would stick when the user switches
>     between the chooser/greeter programs.  Any suggestions regarding how
>     this should be supported would be appreciated.

I am not sure what you mean by this.  Do you mean you want the changes to
come into effect as soon as they log in?  That obviously being fine for a 
theme, but not as simple for an X server restart.

> Brian


Julian