John: One of the main reasons we picked GDM to work with is because it uses a GTK+ based widget set, and we needed a login program that supports accessibility. In other words, we needed a login program that used a widget set that supports accessibility - GTK+ or Java. The fact that GDM uses GTK+ made it an attractive option. Also its theming capabilities made it more attractive.
Brian >> All those reasons seem to me to be reasons to use something other than >> xdm. I don't see that they're particularly good reasons to use GDM in >> particular, however. > > gdm just happens to be the one we have that fits the bill, since it comes > with GNOME. Brian Cameron has had to do a lot of work on it to bring gdm > up to the point where it can become the default display manager. > >> I'm still hoping to find an option that isn't so dependency laden & >> heavy. Which is why it's a shame dtlogin's being removed. > > But dtlogin is encumbered, so could only be in Solaris itself, and every > other OpenSolaris distro would have to find something else anyway. > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
