Re: [gdm-list] GDM status.

["simon.zheng" <Simon Zheng Sun COM>]

Ray,

Thanks for your info. I think new GDM looks good. If all guys agree to 
integrate it into GNOME 2.24, why not move it to GNOME 2.23 as soon as 
possible. So that more distributions could test, also relevant 
applications have soak time to fix potential issues. For example, 
current gnome-session calls socket-based GDM interface to create a 
flexible display for user switch. Obviously this needs to switch to new 
GDM D-Bus interface.

-Simon

Ray Strode wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   
> > + The GDM daemon does not support any configuration. In old
> > GDM, /usr/share/gdm/default.conf has a lot of configuration. And new GDM
> > uses gconf to store configuration, right? Could we review and decide
> > what configurations are worth to keeping in new GDM?
> >     
> It does support some configuration.  A lot of the options just don't
> make sense with new GDM.
>
> The big one we need to figure out is server configuration, and I
> *think* it makes sense to do this at the ConsoleKit level and not the
> gdm level.
>   
> > + gdmsetup is not yet supported. It's a good GUI to allow administrator
> > to modify login window style.
> >     
> Jon is working on an account dialog/login settings window I think.
>
>   
> > + gdmgreeter XML style themes are not supported. Do we have counterpart
> > to allow distribution to custon their theme?
> >     
> I don't think there is any plan to add backward compat here.  At least
> I don't know of anyone willing to put the work forward to do this.
> MacSlow is working on a new greeter, but I don't think it will support
> the old format.
>
> The current greeter is configurable in some respects (can be branded
> by distributions, can have custom welcome message, etc), but it's
> meant to match the rest of the system more than to look different on
> its own.  It uses system background settings, theme settings, etc, to
> try to fit in.  I'll admit it's sort of ugly though, and I think most
> of the complaints about not having the old theme format are more "the
> new look isn't as aesthetically pleasing as it used to be".
>
> Having said that, I don't think it would be tremendous amount of work
> to write a greeter that was compatible with the old theme format.
>
> --Ray
>