Description of Problem: The GDM graphical login screen now looks ugly. It is just a bunch of text now, can we have a picture put back in please? It looked much better with a picture. The GNOME foot or a RedHat logo should do fine. How Reproducible: The above ugliness was observed after a fresh, full install.
The obvious answer is to user the suggested logo which (IMHO) looks pretty good. Look in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf -- there is a suggested Red Hat logo which (after I install), I immediately configure. It is a little redundant with the two Red Hat logos on the screen but looks better than the grey blob.
We have many arguments about this - you can change it personally with the gdm-config utility.
One last try. Sorry to be irritating. . The default login screen is VERY user-visible. It's what most users will typically first see post-install. It's what non-users see when they first sit at the Linux machines. We want these users to say "ooh that's pretty" not "oh dear this looks pants". . I just think you guys are doing yourselves a big disservice with the new uglified default login screen. Come on, the login screen bitmap is perfect for a bit of advertising or evangelism!
We decided that the redundent RH logos was no good - we also wanted to unclutter the screen as it can be confusing for the new user who is not used to multiple-user machines. If we hire an artist this may change :) Thanks for you comments