Below are the options for the Login
appearance, Login behaviour
,Face browser, and Automatic
login tabs.
Login appearance
Figure 3. The login appearance tab
Minimised Icon:
Change the icon that represents the login screen
when minimized.
Logo
Change the image that is displayed in the login
window
Gtk+ RC file
Specify the location of .gtkrc
Login behaviour
Figure 4. The login behaviour tab
Quiver on failure
If login fails, make the login window shake.
Exclude these users
Do not show the users in the user menu, on the login box.
Default font:
The font to display and default to.
Welcome message
The text message to display in the login screen.
Display machine name
To have GDM display your machine name you can
type %n in the Welcome message
field, and it will
always be replaced with whatever your machine's name
is.
Background Program
This allows you to run a given script, or
application in the background whilst the login prompt
is displayed.
Default locale
The locale that should be set as default in the
GDM
Lock position
Lock the login box, such that it cannot be moved
within the login screen.
Manually set
position
Allow for the login box to be moved manually
within the login screen
X position
The x coordinate for the login box placement
Y position
The y coordinate for the login box placement
Xinerama screen
This option allows one to specify on which monitor,
in a multi-monitor setup, the GDM login screen will be
displayed.
Face browser
Figure 5. The face browser tab
Show choosable user images
Customization of user images in the face
browser
Default face image
Change the image used for default users in the
face browser
Global faces
directory
The directory where the face images reside
Maximum face width
The maximum width any given face image may be
Maximum face height
The maximum height any given face image may be
Background
Figure 6. The background tab
Background type
Selection of background type. Options are backgrounds by
colour, image, or none at all.
Scale background image to fit
Allow an image, if selected above, to be scaled to fit alloted
space.
Only color on remote displays
Enable a colour to be displayed only on remote systems
Background program
Allow a program to be run in the background
Automatic login
Figure 7. The automatic login tab
Login a user automatically on first bootup
Enable logging in as the specified user when first starting
the system.
Login a user automatically after a specified
number of seconds.
Allow the GDM to automatically login after the specified number of seconds using the specified user name.
Timed login
The specified user to be used to login automaticaly.
Seconds before login
The specified number of seconds before the GDM automatically
logs in.