This is something Gnome did, not Ubuntu devs. And I'm not really sure how feasible it would be to preserve an older version of gdm. It'd be an extra package to support, for one. If it needed an older version of the Gnome libraries, things would quickly get problematic.
-- gdm 2.26 has no graphical configuration tool https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395299 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Sabily Team, which is a direct subscriber. Status in GDM: The Gnome Display Manager: New Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gdm in Ubuntu Karmic: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gdm In Karmic the Login Window Preferences option from the GNOME System -> Preferences menu is missing. I'm no longer able to configure gdm graphically. Something I was able to do until recently and in Jaunty. ------------- The changes are due to an upstream [Gnome] update , which was blocked in Ubuntu for 3 cycles . Any further discussions regarding lack of features can be discussed > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=587750 or users can open new bugs regarding the missing features. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sabily.team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sabily.team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
