Re: [gnome-flashback] Metacity

[Hussam Al-Tayeb <hussam visp net lb>]

On Thu, 2015-07-23 at 15:48 +0300, Alberts Muktupāvels wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Hussam Al-Tayeb <hussam visp net lb> 
> wrote:
> > Bug report about the crash
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=752775
> Thanks!
>
> >  Ok, another note:
> > The background changer is part of gnome-control-center.
> > Gnome control center requires that gdm is installed for the User
> > -account panel.
> > I wants this schema in particular /usr/share/glib
> > -2.0/schemas/org.gnome.login-screen.gschema.xml
> > So I still need gdm/gnome-shell installed.
> That schema is used only for "enable-fingerprint-authentication" 
> setting. I could write patch to check if that schema exists, but main 
> question is if they are going to accept it.
>
> But is this real problem? Does installed gdm cause any problems?
>
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No, gdm installed doesn't cause any problems. It's only "problematic"
if it is running since it spawns a separate gnome-shell instance for
the greeter session which can leak ~200MB ram per day.
That's why I asked what display manager you used earlier.
Thank you very much for maintaining the gnome-flashback packages.