Bug 427146

Summary: gdm does not display list of users
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Vladimir Kotal <vlada>
Component: gdmAssignee: Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Vladimir Kotal 2008-01-01 12:35:16 UTC 
Description of problem:
Starting with upgrade to Fedora 8, gmd is not displaying list of users (see
attached screenshot).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gdm-2.20.2-2.fc8

How reproducible:
start gdm

Actual results:
list of users is empty (see attached screenshot)

Expected results:
list of users should contain specified users per /etc/gdm/custom.conf

Additional info:
I am using Fedora Infinity theme (fedorainfinity-gdm-theme-8.0.1-1.fc8)
Comment 1 Vladimir Kotal 2008-01-01 12:36:40 UTC 
Created attachment 290606 [details]
screenshot of gdm failing to display list of users
Comment 2 Vladimir Kotal 2008-01-01 12:37:34 UTC 
Created attachment 290607 [details]
contents of /etc/gdm/custom.conf
Comment 3 Ray Strode [halfline] 2008-01-02 15:41:38 UTC 
what if you add 

Browser=true

to the [greeter] section of custom.conf (and restart gdm)
Comment 4 Vladimir Kotal 2008-01-02 20:13:04 UTC 
This fixes the problem. Diff between the old and new version:

--- /etc/gdm/custom.conf.orig   2008-01-02 21:06:43.000000000 +0100
+++ /etc/gdm/custom.conf        2008-01-02 21:07:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 ConfigAvailable=false
 # Face browser is enabled.  This only works currently for the
 # standard greeter as it is not yet enabled in the graphical greeter.
-Browser=false
+Browser=true
 # The default picture in the browser
 #DefaultFace=/usr/share/pixmaps/nobody.png
 # These are things excluded from the face browser, not from logging in


Is there an option in the GUI which sets this value ?
Comment 5 Ray Strode [halfline] 2008-01-02 20:37:21 UTC 
yes, it's determined by the local theme style.

I agree it's confusing and should be unnecessary.

For F9 we're revamping gdm entirely, so this problem should go away.