Re: [gdm-list] gdm desktop selector

[Davide Marchi <danjde gmail com>]

...mmmmh..very interesting tips ;-)

i will try

NB

the GDM version is "GDM  2.28.2 "

many thanks!



2010/6/28, Ray Strode <halfline gmail com>:
> Hi,
>
>> in this remixed fedora live version we have put into three kind of
>> desktop: gnome, kde and lxde/xfce
>>
>> circumstances that:
>> the common user has no password,
>>
>> the question is:
>> the gdm desktop selector on the bottom menu does not show the desktop
>> switch before password request
>>
>> ...but if the password does not exist gdm throws you into the desktop
>> default without showing the dektop selection
> It's a bug in GDM right now.  We have this fixme in the code:
>
>                 /* FIXME: If the user wasn't asked any questions by pam but
>                  * pam still authorized them (passwd -d, or the questions
> got
>                  * asked on an external device) then we need to let them log
> in.
>                  * Right now we just log them in right away, but we
> really should
>                  * set a timer up like timed login (but shorter, say
> ~5 seconds),
>                  * so they can pick language/session.  Will need to
> refactor things
>                  * a bit so we can share code with timed login.
>                  */
>
> The bug has existed for a while, but we just haven't fixed it yet.
>
> In the mean time, I'd suggest setting up timed login.  If you used
> timed login for this case, then the user will have time to pick a
> session.
>
> --Ray
>