Friday, November 27, 2009

Change login screen for Gnome

Since Fedora 11 the Gnome theme always show the available users in a list.
This is a risk because people can see which user(s) there are available on a system.

This behavior can be changed by the following command:
su -
gconftool-2 --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --direct --type bool --set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true

With this the "normal" login screen is returned.
Only the "others" is still availbale for selection
You need to know the username and the password B-)

Friday, November 20, 2009

Fedora 12 and dual screen with Gnome panels (and how to move them)

After installing Fedora 12 in my installation the panels stayed on the screen of my laptop. While the monitor setup beside it is the primary window to work on. So I could not drag them to the other screen.

After some googling I found this link and this works for me:
In short the solution is one of the following:
  1. press ALT and then click the panel and move it to the position you want
  2. Right mouse click on the panel and select properties. Then unmark the 'expand' property. This will enable you to drag them to any place on the screen. When all is positioned check the 'expand' property back again and all will work fine.
This helps a lot in the way to work.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009