Re: [gdm-list] GDM 2.28 - changing greeter position

["Graves, John E" <john e graves4 boeing com>]

Thanks for the response, Ray.  And on a Friday afternoon, too!

Unfortunately for our application we are stuck with RHEL6.5 (for now).  I may be able to update some of the 
packages, though.  Is there a particular version of GDM where moving the greeter becomes possible?

As an alternative, since my main goal is to eliminate the overlap between GOK and the greeter, is there a way 
to eliminate the toolbar across the bottom of the screen, eliminate the icon on the greeter (to make the 
greeter smaller), or to eliminate the window frame around GOK?  These changes might provide enough room for 
both the greeter and GOK to coexist on the screen without overlap. 

Thanks again.
 John Graves

-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Strode [mailto:halfline gmail com] 
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 1:28 PM
To: Graves, John E
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [gdm-list] GDM 2.28 - changing greeter position

Hi,

(answer inline below)

> The project I’m working on is using a touchscreen device (think 
> ruggedized
> table) with no keyboard and no mouse.  We are using Red Hat 6.5 which 
> includes GDM 2.28.  Since there is no keyboard, I have enabled GOK to 
> display at the greeter screen.  However, due to the size of the screen 
> (admittedly a bit small), the GOK keyboard overlaps the greeter by a 
> bit.  I would like to move the greeter further towards the top of the screen.
It's not actually possible without recompiling the code.
CENTER_ALWAYS is hardcoded in the source.

Can you give the RHEL7 public beta a try? The experience should be better.

--Ray