Bug#635335: gdm3: gdm popup window on false login
Jens Röder
j.roeder at tu-bs.de
Mon Jul 25 10:31:54 UTC 2011
Package: gdm3
Version: 2.30.5-6squeeze3
Severity: minor
Problem: False login password on relogin of locked session: password
wrong ==> popup window "false login"
This is a typical redesign behavior of WINDWOS and not typical for unix
style. In unix it just displays soming above the input window and
requests again. Here the user is now foced to click away a popup window,
which is absolutely useless.
Please do not try to re-invent windows in unix and try to keep good and
efficient things!
Another thing is, that one of the best features of X to tell windows to
come up after start in which size and position with the -geometry switch
is more and more removed from most of the programs. I think that is a
huge disadvantage and loss of good unix features.
with best regards
Jens
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.2
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-bpo.5-xen-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii afterstep [x-windo 2.2.9-5+b1 window manager with the NEXTSTEP l
ii ctwm [x-window-man 3.7-3.1+b1 Claude's Tab window manager
ii debconf [debconf-2 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii gconf2 2.28.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-session [x-s 2.30.2-3 The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME
ii gnome-session-bin 2.30.2-3 The GNOME Session Manager - Minima
ii gnome-terminal [x- 2.30.2-1 The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii icewm [x-window-ma 1.3.7~pre2-1 wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like wi
ii kde-window-manager 4:4.4.5-7+squeeze1 the K window manager (KWin)
ii konsole [x-termina 4:4.4.5-2 X terminal emulator
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.21-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.30.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libattr1 1:2.4.44-2 Extended attribute shared library
ii libaudit0 1.7.13-1+b2 Dynamic library for security audit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.24.3-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.24.3-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcairo2 1.8.10-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libcanberra-gtk0 0.24-1 Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii libcanberra0 0.24-1 a simple abstract interface for pl
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-4+squeeze1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.88-2.1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.4.2-2.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.28.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.30.0-1 The GNOME library - runtime files
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.30.1-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.18-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpam-modules 1.1.1-6.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-6.1 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpanel-applet2-0 2.30.2-2 library for GNOME Panel applets
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.3-1+squeeze2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpolkit-gobject- 0.96-4 PolicyKit Authorization API
ii libpolkit-gtk-1-0 0.96-3 PolicyKit GTK+ API
ii libpopt0 1.16-1 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii librsvg2-common 2.26.3-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii libselinux1 2.0.96-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii libupower-glib1 0.9.5-5 abstraction for power management -
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-19 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-4 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.6-1 X11 authorisation library
ii libxdmcp6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii libxklavier16 5.0-2 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze1 GNOME XML library
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii metacity [x-window 1:2.30.1-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.96-3 GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii sawfish [x-window- 1:1.3.5.2-2 a window manager for X11
ii twm [x-window-mana 1:1.0.4-2 Tab window manager
ii upower 0.9.5-5 abstraction for power management
ii w9wm [x-window-man 0.4.2-7 enhanced window manager based on 9
ii wmaker [x-window-m 0.92.0-8.2+b1 NeXTSTEP-like window manager for X
ii xfwm4 [x-window-ma 4.6.2-1 window manager of the Xfce project
ii xterm [x-terminal- 261-1 X terminal emulator
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii at-spi 1.30.1-3 Assistive Technology Service Provi
ii desktop-base 6.0.5squeeze1 common files for the Debian Deskto
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.30.3-2 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-power-manager 2.32.0-2 power management tool for the GNOM
ii gnome-settings-daemon 2.30.2-2+squeeze1 daemon handling the GNOME session
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.5+5 X11 XKB utilities
ii xnest 2:1.7.7-13 Nested X server
ii xserver-xorg 1:7.5+8 the X.Org X server
ii zenity 2.30.0-1 Display graphical dialog boxes fro
Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn gnome-mag <none> (no description available)
pn gnome-orca <none> (no description available)
pn gok <none> (no description available)
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 2.30.3-5 PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii metacity 1:2.30.1-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults changed:
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/logo_icon_name debian-swirl
/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds true
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_enable true
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_text Welcome
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true
/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false
/apps/gnome-power-manager/ui/icon_policy never
-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3
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