Description of problem: When the greeter is configured to not show a list of users per https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449728#c9 (Bug 449728 comment 9), the simple greeter displays "other" and no longer keeps the default desktop, if you have more than one configured, for the user. The user has to enter their user name, enter their password, go to the bottom of the screen and select the desktop that is wanted if other than the default, and then log in. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gdm-2.24.1-4.fc10.i386 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Add kde or other desktop to system if the system does not already have more than gnome. 2. Configure greeter to not show users. gconftool-2 --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --direct --type bool --set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true 3. Log in as a user selecting desktop other than gnome. 4. Log out. 5. Log in again as same user without selecting desktop. Actual results: Gnome is used as the desktop. Expected results: If the default or use last desktop for user is defined, then that should be used at log in. Additional info: I suspect that the problem lies in that greeter display "Other" for logins when users are not used and ignores the desktop settings for the actual user name entered.
Our users have discovered this and been very annoyed by it. The only real work-around is to switch to kdm which isn't exactly perfect, but at least it acts upon the user's desktop preference (in .dmrc).
After upgrading to Fedora-11 on my wife's machine I have this same problem. Gdm does not remember my previous choice of desktop (XFCE4). My ~/.dmrc contains: [Desktop] Language=en_US.utf8 Session=xfce4 but the default on the task-bar is always "GNOME" not the other option "XFce4" It is very annoying.
In addition, it appears that if I choose the desktop before/while typing in my user name, the desktop choice is reset to GNOME when the password prompt appears; thus you have to remember to make the selection in the right order or else you'll find yourself logging into GNOME even though you were supposed to have selected a different desktop.
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