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

[Paul E Condon]

On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 01:18:28AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> 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?
> 

v2.20 is in sid. I am a very error prone person, and am not sure about doing
whatever is needed to install it on my Etch box. And the issue is already
fixed for me in that I know to use GDM Setup in the Gnome drop-down menus to
do any further editing of the message that I might need.

When I reported the bug, I rather expected it would be tedious to find its
root cause. It surely detracts from appearance of Gnome so I thought it
worth while to get its existence on the record. In the meantime, maybe a
'fix' is to flash a message saying to use GDM Setup to do the edit. 

Also, perhaps pre-load the message 'Welcome to %n' into the edit box, so that
the most likely custom message is already there, and simple minded users like
me will need only click on the custom message button.

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Paul E Condon           
pecondon at mesanetworks.net