David Rosenstrauch wrote: > Even easier - you can configure this in the kde control center. System > Administration -> Login Manager. Mine has the greeting set to "%r > (%h)". According to the help text, the following are the available macros: > > GreetString > The headline in the greeter. An empty greeting means none at all. > The following character pairs are replaced by their value: > %d > name of the current display > %h > local host name, possibly with the domain name > %n > local node name, most probably the host name without the domain name > %s > operating system > %r > operating system version > %m > machine (hardware) type > %% > a single % > > The default is “Welcome to %s at %n”. > > > HTH, > > DR > > > Dan Vratil wrote: >> On Thursday 30 April 2009 18:37:41 David C. Rankin wrote: >> >> Hi, >> you can modify the KDM theme configuration to display the hostname. >> The themes are in /usr/share/apps/kdm/themes so just find the one you >> use and edit kdm.xml. >> You can now add some code to display the hostname, like: >> >> <item type="label"> >> <pos x="50%" y="50%" anchor="e"/> >> <text>%h</text> >> </item> >> >> Of course you want to put it somehere into the (sometimes quite >> complicated) hierarchy of <item>s to place it exacatly where you want >> it to be. >> >> Dan >> >> >>> Listmates, >>> >>> I though I would run this idea by the list and see if there was any >>> aversion to the idea of adding hostname information to the xorg/kdm >>> login >>> display. >>> >>> I wouldn't change a thing about the login look, it's awesome. >>> What I would >>> propose is adding to the existing login greeter the 'hostname' of the >>> machine it is running on. >>> >>> What prompted this suggestion was the situation where I had an >>> archlinux >>> box connected vi xdmcp to my laptop on tty8. After a day or so of >>> working >>> on my local box, I switched back over to tty8 and the question >>> immediately >>> came to mind "Which Archlinux install is this?" because there was no >>> way to >>> immediately tell. (Don't get me wrong, I only have 2 Arch installs, >>> so the >>> answer wasn't critical) But the point to be made, and the basis for this >>> suggestion, is that it would be nice to have the host information >>> available. >>> >>> Just a small addition to the dialog, after or under the Archlinux >>> logo, >>> that says something like "on: host.domain.com". That way, you know at a >>> glance who you are dealing with. >>> >>> Obviously, this is just a minimal enhancement, but the path to >>> perfection >>> is taken one step at a time. >>> >>> Anybody adverse to something like this? >> > > Should have known you guys would have already figured this out. Thanks! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
