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. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
