Description of problem: Running GDM doesn't have compiz. wm_use_compiz vaule isn't in /var/lib/gdm/.gconf/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/%gconf.xml $ sudo cat /var/lib/gdm/.gconf/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/%gconf.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <gconf> <entry name="recent-languages" mtime="1206461452" type="list" ltype="string"> <li type="string"> <stringvalue>en_US.utf8</stringvalue> </li> <li type="string"> <stringvalue>ko_KR.utf8</stringvalue> </li> <li type="string"> <stringvalue>ko_KR</stringvalue> </li> </entry> </gconf> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.21.10-0.2008.03.18.2.fc9 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: I don't know compiz feature on gdm. Only after seeing http://live.gnome.org/GDM/Screenshots, I knew that compiz feature exists on gdm.
We can't turn on compiz by default, because it doesn't work on all hardware.
See the following for more information on how to turn this on by default: http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration We'll turn on compiz by default for gdm when we turn it on by default for the user sessions.