Gary/Alan: >> Gary says: >> >> One nice thing about xdm is the option for command line. It would >> make gdm perfect if it had this option. > > Alan says: > > You mean dtlogin - xdm doesn't have that option. The lack of that in > gdm is the last hurdle it needs to cross to become the default, > replacing dtlogin, but gdm is depending on Virtual Terminals to > provide that function, so is waiting for that project to complete.
There is another hurdle to cross which you do not mention. GDM is currently being rewritten, so the next version (2.22) will use D-Bus as its IPC mechanism rather than a private sockets protocol. I suspect that this rewrite will break some features that Sun depends on (Sun Ray support for example). So, I think it will be necessary to invest some more effort in GDM to fix these issues before it can become a replacement for CDE login. I think this will mean that it will take a bit longer for GDM to replace CDE login than just Virtual Terminals going into Nevada. I'd say that if another login program (such as SLiM) could meet all CDE login replacement needs, Sun Ray needs, and accessibility needs, that it would be worth considering using a different program as the CDE login replacement. That said, I anticipate that Sun will continue to invest time into GDM. So, if any other programs are to be considered candidates, they probably need some love from the OpenSolaris community to get them to a point where they would meet all needed requirements. Brian _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
