Re: [gdm-list] Change the Screen that the GDM Login displays on

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Jesús:

> As of gdm-2.28 the defaults.conf file bundled in my fc12 machine does not have a [greeter] section.
> I manually created it and added the entry XineramaScreen=1 as explained in http://library.gnome.org/users/gdm/stable/configuration.html.en , but nonetheless the login window always appears in the same physical screen regardless of the XineramaScreen value.
> Curiously, if the screensaver locks de session, the gdm login window will appear on the screen where the cursor was when the screensaver activated.
> When starting a new session, the same thing happens: as the initial position for the mouse is physical monitor 0, the login window displays there.

Note that since GDM 2.21, it no longer supports the XineramaScreen
option.  I would file a bug at bugzilla.gnome.org in the "gdm" category
about any Xinerama related bugs you notice with GDM.  This way, the
issues can be tracked and fixed.

Brian