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DescriptionMatthew Gyurgyik
2015-04-29 16:34:20 UTC
Created attachment 1020256[details]
/etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/01_banner
Description of problem:
The banner message is displayed in two different places depending on the resolution.
Location 1: Banner message is on the left hand side of the screen, user/pass text entry box is on the left hand of the screen. (1280x800)
Location 2: Banner message is above the user/pass text entry box. And the user/pass text entry box is centred on the screen. (1440x900, 1680x1050)
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
$ rpm -qa gdm
gdm-3.8.4-32.el7.x86_64
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
$ create /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/01_banner (see attached)
$ dconf update
Expected results:
The banner should be displayed in the same location regardless of display resolution.
Errata RHSA-2015-0535 states "* Prior to this update, only a small area was available on the GDM login screen for a custom text banner. As a consequence, when a long banner was used, it did not fit into the area, and the person reading the banner had to use scrollbars to view the whole text. With this update, more space is used for the banner if necessary, which allows the user to read the message conveniently. (BZ#1110036)"
It sound like this change may be related to this problem. Sadly, BZ#1110036 is private and I can not view it.
Comment 5Ray Strode [halfline]
2015-05-04 14:56:11 UTC
Hi, showing two different layouts depending on screen resolution and message length is actually "by design". The idea is to only show short messages above, and show long messages on the side.
Clearly, in your case, the message should be on the side in both situations, though.
It looks like this wasn't fixed in GNOME-3.14 in its entirety.
Now the text seems to never overflow any more, however, it's always placed on top of the user list, spanning the whole screen horizontally and that doesn't seem to change with the resolution either (screenshot attached).
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2216.html
Created attachment 1020256 [details] /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/01_banner Description of problem: The banner message is displayed in two different places depending on the resolution. Location 1: Banner message is on the left hand side of the screen, user/pass text entry box is on the left hand of the screen. (1280x800) Location 2: Banner message is above the user/pass text entry box. And the user/pass text entry box is centred on the screen. (1440x900, 1680x1050) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ rpm -qa gdm gdm-3.8.4-32.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: $ create /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/01_banner (see attached) $ dconf update Expected results: The banner should be displayed in the same location regardless of display resolution.