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-rw-r--r--config/gdm.conf.in69
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/config/gdm.conf.in b/config/gdm.conf.in
index 6bf20c09..12ba43e0 100644
--- a/config/gdm.conf.in
+++ b/config/gdm.conf.in
@@ -94,12 +94,14 @@ TimedLoginDelay=30
# permissions and access to ony the gdm directories and files.
User=gdm
Group=gdm
+
# To try to kill all clients started at greeter time or in the Init script.
# does not always work, only if those clients have a window of their own.
#KillInitClients=true
LogDir=@EXPANDED_LOGDIR@
# You should probably never change this value unless you have a weird setup.
PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid
+
# Note that a post login script is run before a PreSession script. It is run
# after the login is successful and before any setup is run on behalf of the
# user.
@@ -296,12 +298,29 @@ Enable=false
#MaxIconHeight=128
[greeter]
-# Greeter has a nice title bar that the user can move.
+# The following options for setting titlebar and setting window position are
+# only useful for the standard login (gdmlogin) and are not used by the
+# themed login (gdmgreeter).
+#
+# The standard login has a title bar that the user can move.
#TitleBar=true
-# Configuration is available from the system menu of the greeter.
-#ConfigAvailable=false
-# Face browser is enabled. This only works currently for the standard greeter
-# as it is not yet enabled in the graphical greeter.
+# Don't allow user to move the standard login window. Only makes sense if
+# TitleBar is on.
+#LockPosition=false
+# Set a position for the standard login window rather then just centering the
+# window. If you enter negative values for the position it is taken as an
+# offset from the right or bottom edge.
+#SetPosition=false
+#PositionX=0
+#PositionY=0
+
+# Enable the Face browser. Note that the Browser key is only used by the
+# standard login (gdmlogin) program. The Face Browser is enabled in
+# the Graphical greeter by selecting a theme that includes the Face
+# Browser, such as happygnome-list. The other configuration values that
+# affect the Face Browser (MinimalUID, DefaultFace, Include, Exclude,
+# IncludeAll, GlobalFaceDir) are used by both the Standard and Themed
+# greeter.
Browser=false
# The default picture in the browser.
#DefaultFace=@EXPANDED_PIXMAPDIR@/nobody.png
@@ -328,6 +347,7 @@ Browser=false
#IncludeAll=false
# If user or user.png exists in this dir it will be used as his picture.
#GlobalFaceDir=@EXPANDED_DATADIR@/pixmaps/faces/
+
# File which contains the locale we show to the user. Likely you want to use
# the one shipped with GDM and edit it. It is not a standard locale.alias
# file, although GDM will be able to read a standard locale.alias file as well.
@@ -339,16 +359,20 @@ Browser=false
# The standard greeter should shake if a user entered the wrong username or
# password. Kind of cool looking
#Quiver=true
+
# The Actions menu (formerly system menu) is shown in the greeter, this is the
# menu that contains reboot, shutdown, suspend, config and chooser. None of
# these is available if this is off. They can be turned off individually
# however.
#SystemMenu=true
+# Configuration is available from the system menu of the greeter.
+#ConfigAvailable=false
# Should the chooser button be shown. If this is shown, GDM can drop into
# chooser mode which will run the xdmcp chooser locally and allow the user to
# connect to some remote host. Local XDMCP does not need to be enabled,
# however.
#ChooserButton=true
+
# Welcome is for all console logins and RemoteWelcome is for remote logins
# (through XDMCP).
# DefaultWelcome and DefaultRemoteWelcome set the string for Welcome to
@@ -364,15 +388,7 @@ DefaultWelcome=true
DefaultRemoteWelcome=true
#Welcome=Welcome
#RemoteWelcome=Welcome to %n
-# Don't allow user to move the standard greeter window. Only makes sense if
-# TitleBar is on.
-#LockPosition=false
-# Set a position rather then just centering the window. If you enter negative
-# values for the position it is taken as an offset from the right or bottom
-# edge.
-#SetPosition=false
-#PositionX=0
-#PositionY=0
+
# Xinerama screen we use to display the greeter on. Not for true multihead,
# currently only works for Xinerama.
#XineramaScreen=0
@@ -381,16 +397,22 @@ DefaultRemoteWelcome=true
#BackgroundType=2
#BackgroundImage=
#BackgroundScaleToFit=true
-#BackgroundColor=#76848F
+# The Standard greeter (gdmlogin) uses BackgroundColor as the background
+# color, while the themed greeter (gdmgreeter) uses GraphicalThemedColor
+# as the background color.
+BackgroundColor=#76848F
+GraphicalThemedColor=#76848F
# XDMCP session should only get a color, this is the sanest setting since you
# don't want to take up too much bandwidth
#BackgroundRemoteOnlyColor=true
+
# Program to run to draw the background in the standard greeter. Perhaps
# something like an xscreensaver hack or some such.
#BackgroundProgram=
# if this is true then the background program is run always, otherwise it is
# only run when the BackgroundType is 0 (None).
#RunBackgroundProgramAlways=false
+
# Show the Failsafe sessions. These are much MUCH nicer (focus for xterm for
# example) and more failsafe then those supplied by scripts so distros should
# use this rather then just running an xterm from a script.
@@ -401,29 +423,31 @@ DefaultRemoteWelcome=true
# where the session saving stuff is disabled in GDM
#ShowLastSession=true
# Always use 24 hour clock no matter what the locale.
-#Use24Clock=false
+#Use24Clock=auto
# Use circles in the password field. Looks kind of cool actually, but only
# works with certain fonts.
#UseCirclesInEntry=false
# Do not show any visible feedback in the password field. This is standard for
# instance in console, xdm and ssh.
#UseInvisibleInEntry=false
-# These two keys are for the new greeter. Circles is the standard shipped
-# theme. If you want GDM to select a random theme from a list then provide a
-# list that is delimited by /: to the GraphicalThemes key and set
-# GraphicalThemeRand to true. Otherwise use GraphicalTheme and specify just
-# one theme.
+
+# These two keys are for the themed greeter (gdmgreeter). Circles is the
+# standard shipped theme. If you want GDM to select a random theme from a
+# list then provide a list that is delimited by /: to the GraphicalThemes
+# key and set GraphicalThemeRand to true. Otherwise use GraphicalTheme
+# and specify just one theme.
#GraphicalTheme=circles
#GraphicalThemes=circles/:happygnome
GraphicalThemeDir=@EXPANDED_DATADIR@/gdm/themes/
GraphicalThemeRand=false
-GraphicalThemedColor=#76848F
+
# If InfoMsgFile points to a file, the greeter will display the contents of the
# file in a modal dialog box before the user is allowed to log in.
#InfoMsgFile=
# If InfoMsgFile is present then InfoMsgFont can be used to specify the font to
# be used when displaying the contents of the file.
#InfoMsgFont=Sans 24
+
# If SoundOnLogin is true, then the greeter will beep when login is ready for
# user input. If SoundOnLogin is a file and the greeter finds the 'play'
# executable (see daemon/SoundProgram) it will play that file instead of just
@@ -438,6 +462,7 @@ GraphicalThemedColor=#76848F
# user fails to log in.
#SoundOnLoginFailure=false
#SoundOnLoginFailureFile=
+
# Specifies a program to be called by the greeter/login program when the
# initial screen is displayed. The purpose is to provide a hook where files
# used after login can be preloaded to speed performance for the user. The