Re gdm

[Mike Newman <mike gtnorthern demon co uk>]

On 08 Jun 2001 19:15:42 +1200, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote:

> Hi,  every one seems to think I am talking about a Windowmanager, but
> what has happened is GDM (since about 2.2.2) has become a windomw
> managewer as well as a display manager.
> 
> Bizar, so much so that now one seems to know what I am saying, I only
> know because I read the anouncement posted to this list (gnome) some
> time ago.  
> 
> The problem is the GDM window manager code expects to that there will
> only be one window on the GDM screen, not so in my case, and centeres
> it.
> 
> I was hoping some one might know of some secret switch not covered in
> the manual to turn it off

Rob

If you run gdmconfig as root or select "configure" from the gdm menu
befor logging in, the configuration program will allow you to specify x
an y coords for the login window on the "Login Behaviour" tab.

Alternatively, for a more "dynamic" means of moving the window, try
typing:

Start Dancing

as your login name!

Mike

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