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@@ -1,5 +1,70 @@ Ahh news... +2.5.90.0 stuff: + +- Add accessibility setting to gdmsetup and allow setting an arbitrary + sound for the "ready for login" sound. (#125487) + +- gdmflexiserver now lists running sessions if there are some and allow + the users to easily switch. (#127038) + +- Display last login when the user enters their name (can be turned + off) (#128940) + +- Inactive flexiservers are reaped by default after 5 minutes. + +- Accessibility modules set the busy cursor for 2 secs to show that + an action was started (#125153) + +- Doubleclicking on a language in graphical greeter selects it + (Kirk Mitchener, #123199) + +- Optional info message on login (sort of like motd) (Anton Altaparmakov, + #125219) + +- New SUP (socket protocol) commands to request shutdown/reboot after + session ends or after all users log out. Also new SUP commands for + querying and setting the VT on Linux. + +- A --wait-for-go option that will start one X server and then wait until + GO is sent through the fifo before going further. + +- IPv6 support (Archana Shah) + +- Built in sessions are out of /etc/X11/dm/Sessions and moved to + <datadir>/gdm/BuiltInSessions + +- Fix chooser commonication vs. accessibility stuff (#125064) + +- Fix RetryDelay and make it default to 1 and not 3 (Leena Gunda, me, #128507) + +- On AIX without PAM, password expiration is done (Vincent Berger, me, #123766) + +- On crypt/shadow the double login warning was too early, now done after + authentication as in the PAM setup. + +- Clients are now forcibly whacked at session stop, should "fix" #126071 + +- Use GtkFileChooser in gdmsetup (Jan Arne Petersen, #128668) + +- Paranoia: Check owenership of the socket before using it + +- Fix xdmcp session counting (#126465) + +- Warn the user when they want to set root as autologin (RH #97716) + +- StandardXServer can now have arguments + +- Default color is now #76848F and the PreSession script tries + to use the default gdm color to fix #128220 + +- Fix assert failure when starting Xnest (#127780) + +- Lots of cleanup and fixes and adding to the general paranoia in the + code. (me, Ray Strode, Brian Cameron) + +- Translation updates (FIXME) + 2.4.4.5 stuff: - Brown paper security bag: ~/.Xauthority could be left readable |