** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
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Title:
Mouse speed settings not used on the login screen
To manage n
It differs (I think) in that the wifi networks and default keyboard
settings are system settings not stored in your personal account. Mouse
speed is not a system setting and is stored in your personal account.
Yes, if you want mouse speed to be configured like wifi and keyboard
defaults then an en
Issue submitted here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/issues/124
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Title:
Mouse speed settings not used on the login screen
How is this different from Wifi and keyboard settings that I'm already
setting system wide? And how does this compromise the security of the
system? The gdm user doesn't need to be able to change my settings. All
it needs is to be able to read some settings to use them instead of the
defaults if I'
It is impossible to fix without compromising the security of the system.
Other user accounts should not have access to your personal settings
before you have given them your password.
I'm not suggesting editing XML is something normal people should do. It
was just a suggestion to try and help.
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I suggest the way forward is for you to ask the Gnome developers for a
future solution by reporting an issue here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/issues
Because it would involve changing the control center to let you change
the system defaults.
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I don't agree this is an invalid bug. It may be hard to fix but it's
still a bug. Editing xml files to get a reasonable user experience is
not a polished desktop. There are already settings (like wifi) that
apply system-wide so there's no reason for mouse and screen settings to
not be the same.
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This is unfortunately correct.
The login screen runs as user 'gdm' which is not privileged. That means
it has no access to retrieve your personal settings until after you have
entered a password. So it uses the system defaults.
You might be able to change the system defaults by editing this file
