Re: [orca-list] Confirmed archlinux gdm strangeness

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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I used to use startx all the time but some time earlier this year
changes to gnome caused auto mounting to stop working.  That is, if I
get into gnome with startx and then plug in a USB drive or pop in a CD
ROM, nothing would happen; at least now, with 2.28, I get a message
that Orca reads telling me that I don't have the right permissions.
If I go in with gdm, I get all that functionality with no hits.

On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:17:38AM +1100, Jason White wrote:
> Zachary Kline <kline zachary gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I'm just writing to confirm Steve's previous messages about gdm 2.28 on
> > ArchLinux.
> > Before 2.28, I used to get a beep when the login window popped up.  That
> > was sufficient for me to type my username and password.  Since this
> > upgrade, I haven't gotten that helpful cue.
> > More to the point, I admit to being unsure how I'm supposed to configure
> > this new version of gdm.  I didn't need to make any changes to the old
> > one.  /etc/gdm/custom.conf isn't very enlightening.
>
> Maybe this is one for the ArchLinux mailing list. It seems that very few
> people on this list are familiar with ArchLinux, and in particular with how it
> configures GDM.
>
> Another alternative, if you have BRLTTY or SpeakUp installed, is to log in at
> the console and run startx when you want a Gnome session. This is what I do,
> using BRLTTY to access the login prompt. I can't think of any reason why I
> would want to start gdm unless I were spending most of my time in Gnome, which
> I'm not. However, for people who use Gnome applications heavily, logging in
> with Gdm makes sense.
>
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