Package: wdm
Version: 1.28-2.1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

In Debian, the font displayed with the wdm greeter is quite ugly.
Changing to another font is not possible at the moment, as wdm simply
ignores the appropriate option in `/etc/GNUstep/Defaults/WMGLOBAL'.

Fortunately, there exists a compile time option with wdm which allows to
set a fake $HOME path. Setting this to `/etc' makes the wdm greeter query
the font settings in `/etc/GNUstep/Defaults/WMGLOBAL', which is available
by default if wmaker is installed. In any case, it allows one to alter
the greeter font.

Could you please use said option `--with-fakehome=/etc' with configure?

Regards,
Peter

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (400, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-maia
Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages wdm depends on:
ii  debconf                      1.5.3       Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libfontconfig1               2.3.2-7     generic font configuration library
ii  libice6                      1:1.0.0-3   X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpam-modules               0.79-3.2    Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime               0.79-3.2    Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                     0.79-3.2    Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libsm6                       1:1.0.1-2   X11 Session Management library
ii  libwraster3                  0.92.0-5.3  Shared libraries of Window Maker r
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.0.0-8   X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                      1:1.0.0-4   X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6                    1:1.0.1-2   X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6                     1:1.0.1-2   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxft2                      2.1.8.2-8   FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxinerama1                 1:1.0.1-4.1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxmu6                      1:1.0.2-2   X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  psmisc                       22.3-1      Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii  xbase-clients                1:7.1.ds-3  miscellaneous X clients
ii  xutils                       1:7.1.ds-1  X Window System utility programs

wdm recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: wdm
  wdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/wdm
diff -u wdm-1.28/debian/rules wdm-1.28/debian/rules
--- wdm-1.28/debian/rules
+++ wdm-1.28/debian/rules
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
          --with-defuserpath=$(DEF_DEBIAN_USER_PATH) \
          --with-defsystempath=$(DEF_DEBIAN_SYSTEM_PATH) \
          --with-nlsdir=/usr/share/locale \
-         --enable-exitlogin
+         --enable-exitlogin \
+         --with-fakehome=/etc
        sed \
          -e '/DEF_CHOOSER/     s|".*"|"$(DEF_DEBIAN_CHOOSER)"|' \
          -e '/DEF_AUTH_DIR/    s|".*"|"$(DEF_DEBIAN_AUTH_DIR)"|' \

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