Bug 765992

Summary:	Modified 'banner_message_text' not shown in GDM without Compiz also selected
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Rob Sanders <rsanders>
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version:	6.1	CC:	tpelka
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Description Rob Sanders 2011-12-09 20:16:25 UTC

Description of problem:
For Fedora 10-13 and RHEL6.0 I can change the login banner message by changing /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_text and /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_enable via gconf-editor or gconftool-2.  Under RHEL6.1 this is not effective unless I also mark /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/wm_use_compiz to true.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL6.1, gdm-2.30.4-21.el6_0.1

How reproducible:
Everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install GA OS with runlevel 5 
2. Use gconf-editor to set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_text to "This is a test"
3. Use gconf-editor to set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_enable to true
4. restart X (init 3, then init 5, or a reboot)
  
Actual results:
Did not see "This is a test" displayed

Expected results:
Expected to see "This is a test" 

Additional info:
If I set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/wm_use_compiz to true before step 4 then I see the expected text.  I have not had to do this extra step in F10/11/12/13 or RHEL 6.0

Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2011-12-12 16:12:45 UTC

That sounds very strange.

If you toggle wm_use_compiz back off does it keep working from that point forward?

Comment 3 Rob Sanders 2011-12-12 20:04:13 UTC

Ray,
  If I use gconf-editor to toggle wm_use_compiz on then I see the text.  If I then toggle wm_use_compiz back off I *still* see the text after an init3/init5, but if I reboot then I loose the text again.
  When I toggled wm_use_compiz off I removed it as a mandatory setting  as well.

Comment 5 Suzanne Logcher 2012-02-14 23:23:54 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 6 Jan Kurik 2017-12-06 11:51:40 UTC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is in the Production 3 Phase. During the Production 3 Phase, Critical impact Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selected Urgent Priority Bug Fix Advisories (RHBAs) may be released as they become available.

The official life cycle policy can be reviewed here:

http://redhat.com/rhel/lifecycle

This issue does not meet the inclusion criteria for the Production 3 Phase and will be marked as CLOSED/WONTFIX. If this remains a critical requirement, please contact Red Hat Customer Support to request a re-evaluation of the issue, citing a clear business justification. Note that a strong business justification will be required for re-evaluation. Red Hat Customer Support can be contacted via the Red Hat Customer Portal at the following URL:

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