On 26/01/09 10:34, Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:29:39PM +1300, Morgan Read wrote: >> Hi Folks >> >> I've just set up a user account for our scanner - no the scanner will >> never login at GDM (will ftp in). So, after much gnashing of teeth, >> I've given it a uid/gid of 350 so that it doesn't show up in the GDM >> login (it seem the only way to hid a user account is to give it a >> uid/gid below 500). How long before this rash move turns my machine >> into a smoking pile of ash? >> >> Thanks all, >> Morgan. >> >> On 13/12/08 14:21, Craig White wrote: >>> On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 02:03 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: >>>> Frank Cox wrote: >>>>> Is there any way to remove a user's name from the list on the initial gdm >>>>> login screen? >>>>> Related: Is there a way to reorganize the names? For example, if the >>>>> list has Fred at the top and Sally under that, can the order be reversed >>>>> so Sally is on top? >>>>> Scaling back my question again, does anyone know how to set the default >>>>> username that is initially selected when gdm starts? So if it's Fred's >>>>> machine he doesn't always have to move the pointer off of Sally first >>>>> before he logs in. >>>> I'd suggest trying KDM, which can actually be configured. >>>> >>>> su - >>>> yum install kdebase-workspace >>>> echo 'DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"' >/etc/sysconfig/desktop >>>> reboot >>>> >>>> (That's really "KDE" there, not "KDM".) >>>> If you want to make sure GNOME is the default desktop, you can add: >>>> echo 'DESKTOP="GNOME"' >>/etc/sysconfig/desktop >>>> Likewise, DESKTOP="KDE" makes KDE the systemwide default. >>>> >>>> Then you can set up KDM through systemsettings (the KDE configuration tool). >>>> >>>> You may lose some GNOME integration though (e.g. fast user switching), >>>> because obviously KDM was primarily designed for KDE. >>> ---- >>> +1 for KDM >>> >>> I've been able to edit themes rather simply and get some nice custom >>> login screens and company backgrounds. >>> >>> Craig Thanks Tom:) > You should be fine. Adding a pseudo user with a UID less > than 500 and greater than 100 is fine. Even smolt and pulseaudio does > it. > > As for top posting... that can cause you much more pain. PS It was kinda 'cause it was a new post really... -- Getting errors: "There are problems with the signature" (or similar)? Update your system by installing certificates from CAcert Inc, see here: http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/BrowserClients?#head-259758ec5ba51c5205cfb179cf60e0b54d9e378b Or, if Internet Explorer is your default browser, simply click this link: http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=17 Morgan Read NEW ZEALAND <mailto:mstuffATreadDOTorgDOTnz> fedora + freedom; fact || fiction? http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview get freed-ora! http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/freed-ora -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
