Bug#449213: gdm: When I configure a custom login greeting, the screen flips out and repaints

[Josselin Mouette]

Hi,

Le samedi 03 novembre 2007 à 22:18 -0600, Paul E Condon a écrit :
> Package: gdm
> Version: 2.16.4-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> When I configure a custom login greeting, the screen flips out and
> repaints. thecursor is repositioned outside the input box each time a
> key is pressed. The cursor must be repositioned in the input box in
> order to type the next character. Very clutzy behavior, but the
> message does get accepted and does get used. I see this on two
> different Etch boxes, one is dist-upgrades from Sarge, one is recent
> clean install. It works, but it is very ugly, and worrisome.

The 2.20 version still has the issue, but it seems there is now a delay.
If you type fast enough, the greeter is not repainted, and you can
change the whole message at once.

Could you test whether this actually fixes the issue for you?

Thanks,
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