Re: [gdm-list] preselect last user

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Dieter Van Uytvanck wrote:

Sorry, not yet a feature.  There is an enhancement request:

  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386655

It probably isn't too hard to code a new configuraiton option to support
this.  I'm happy to help explain how to add such a feature, not sure
when I'd have time to code it, though.

Brian


> I'm using GDM already for quiet a time (together with ubuntu linux and
> Gnome). Now there is one feature from KDM that I am really missing -
> or maybe I just did not find it yet in GDM. (I could not find this in
> the documentation or via google)
>
> Is it possible to "preselect" a user, especially the one that
> previously logged in? (similar to KDM's PreselectUser=Previous). This
> means that you only have to hit Enter before entering the password.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!