GDM, session support

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Thu Jan 29 14:20:04 UTC 2009


Nicu Buculei wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Bill Nottingham wrote:
>>> Rahul Sundaram (sundaram at fedoraproject.org) said:
>>>> What's the plan for GDM in GNOME 2.26. Are we getting things like 
>>>> auto  login support back?
>>>
>>> Judging from some livecds I've seen, that's still there.
>>
>> We only have timed login support last I checked. There are missing 
>> features like gdm setup as well.
> 
> I remember using gdm setup in the past mostly to change the theme, but 
> since the new gdm is not themable (you can only change the background 
> image and this is done elsewhere), I hardly see the need for a setup 
> application

Count the number of times users have asked for it in end user forums and 
it becomes obvious that we need it back. gdmsetup did a lot more than 
just theme management.

Rahul




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