[Bug 430207] Re: Constantly resizing GDM login box is disconcerting

2009-09-16 Thread Paul Sladen
seb128: not on this machine... -- Constantly resizing GDM login box is disconcerting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430207 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 430207] Re: Constantly resizing GDM login box is disconcerting

2009-09-16 Thread Paul Sladen
The attached image 'gdm-bouncing-castle.png' shows half-a-dozen different sizes of the GDM login box during a 10 second period of time. The was generated from doing: * $ while true ; do DISPLAY=:3 sudo recordmydesktop ; done * New Session... login * Playing the ogv at 1/10 speed in vlc and

[Bug 430207] Re: Constantly resizing GDM login box is disconcerting

2009-09-16 Thread Sebastien Bacher
do you have xsplash installed? is it showed at all on your config? -- Constantly resizing GDM login box is disconcerting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430207 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. --

[Bug 430207] Re: Constantly resizing GDM login box is disconcerting

2009-09-16 Thread Paul Sladen
Assuming that 'xsplash' is the thing with the jumpy vertical white-bar animation with one-too-many-frames; this displays for ~5 seconds before GDM and then ~15 seconds afterwards. Attached video shows login up to the point where something crashes (if it not being recorded, xsplash would be

[Bug 430207] Re: Constantly resizing GDM login box is disconcerting

2009-09-15 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Thank you for your bug report could you report the different changes you see? xsplash should be used until the login screen is displayed, the box change once when selecting an user and then xsplash starts again there... ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in:

[Bug 430207] Re: Constantly resizing GDM login box is disconcerting

2009-09-15 Thread Paul Sladen
This relates only to the GDM login window: 1. The window appears showing just the icon, hostname and two buttons 2. The window is dynamically filled with the two users on the machine 3. (After clicking a user) the window is shrink back to the initial empty size 4. Immediately the window is

[Bug 430207] Re: Constantly resizing GDM login box is disconcerting

2009-09-15 Thread Sebastien Bacher
not confirming the issue there, when xsplash transition to gdm the user list is already built ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- Constantly resizing GDM login box is disconcerting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430207 You received this bug notification because you