#204378 add "xdm" to login square

Package:
xdm
Source:
xdm
Description:
X display manager
Submitter:
Dan Jacobson
Date:
2010-11-10 08:30:03 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#204378#5
Date:
2003-08-06 19:07:09 UTC
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The default login square should have a tiny "xdm" etc. somewhere on
it, so users can identify what program is having trouble if something
goes wrong.
#204378#10
Date:
2004-06-07 16:48:10 UTC
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Ah, what the login square is missing is the Debian version number, 3.0 etc.
#204378#15
Date:
2010-11-03 13:16:15 UTC
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Well this bug is 6 year old, so I don't know if anyone still cares,
anyway I have a simple proposal:
Use xmessage to display the required information.

The attached patch modify the scripts used by xdm in order to do so.
However I don't think it can be integrated as such, mainly because it
uses xmessage, killall and lsb_release without checking if the
corresponding command exist. Also one might want to tweek the look of
the xmessage window using some xresource file.
More information on the used techniques are available from the gentoo
wiki [1].

 1: http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/XDM/Customization
#204378#20
Date:
2010-11-10 08:27:45 UTC
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If xdm it can say "Login: " then it can also say "xdm" and its version number
etc. without any help from other programs. Anyway I use "nodm" now,
which doesn't have a login screen in the first place...