Does suse 11 have a gdm manager?or how do I change the login screen?sounds like a dumb question but it cant hurt to ask!
Rick:\
Hi
It does, it’s called gdmsetup 
gnomesu /usr/sbin/gdmsetup
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ok thanks!! ill try it.
Rick
well i tried it and got a warning that gdm was already running and aborted.i was looking more for a graphical manager for login and gdm,and if there is one a usplash mngr.because my usplash disappeared.
rixtr66 wrote:
> well i tried it and got a warning that gdm was already running and
> aborted.
That is because you failed to mention you are using KDE, and the answer came
from a Gnome user who didn’t bother to ask what you use.
With reference to your original posting: Now we know you use KDE. If we also
knew if it is on SUSE 9.3, 10.2, 11.0 or WHAT? And, if it is KDE3.x or KDE4.x
then someone might be able to give you an answer.
That someone will not be me as I do not know. I do know that there has been
previous discussions in the SUSE forum on customizing the login screen.
Have you searched <http://forums.opensuse.org/search.php> on relevant terms to
see what pops up? (I bet your answer exist, already.)
i cant seem to find gdmsetup /usr/sbin/gdmsetup
(trying to change my gdm theme)
its not there?
11.1b4
On opensuse 11.1 is not there in fact it seems not to exist. If someone has an answer for the problem please post it!
P.S. sorry for the english
Whether you are using gnome or kde, it doesn’t matter. you just need to set gdm as display manager. I personally use gdm for login screen. But I also login in kde. So the reply was proper as the #1 asked for gdm manager.
Coming to your problem, for suse11 it’s easy. Just follow the steps.
1st check /etc/sysconfig/displaymanger file whether displaymanager is set to gdm (I think so in case of you as it says gdm running).
Then use su to get the root shell and type gdmsetup.
A GUI appears. Select the login screen from the local tab there.
Close it. To check the selected screen logout or switch user.
Hi
It doesn’t exist anymore…
GNOME
Display Manager Reference Manual - Configuration
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So there is no way to configure the login anymore?
Hi
You can make changes via gconf-editor. What were you wanting to change?
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Hello!
ok,
i would also really love to have my personalized login screen. i cannot even add an avatar to my user as far as i see:(.
so maybe someone can tell me how i can change the gdm login
-background
-add avatar to my user
-personalize the greeting
or even better change to a whole designed gdm theme like many are found on gnome-look.org.
thanks for helping,
cheers,
gote.
Hi
Things have changed a bit 
Quote from “2.6. The GDM Face Browser”
The icons used by GDM can be installed globally by the sysadmin or can
be located in the user's home directories. If installed globally they
should be in the <share>/pixmaps/faces/ directory and the filename
should be the name of the user. Face image files should be a standard
image that GTK+ can read, such as PNG or JPEG. Face icons placed in the
global face directory must be readable to the GDM user.
If there is no global icon for the user, GDM will look in the user's
$HOME directory for the image file. GDM will first look for the user's
face image in ~/.face. If not found, it will try ~/.face.icon. If still
not found, it will use the value defined for "face/picture=" in the
~/.gnome2/gdm file.
If a user has no defined face image, GDM will use the "stock_person"
icon defined in the current GTK+ theme. If no such image is defined, it
will fallback to a generic face image.
Please note that loading and scaling face icons located in remote user
home directories can be a very time-consuming task. Since it not
practical to load images over NIS or NFS, GDM does not attempt to load
face images from remote home directories.
End quote
Further reading here;
GNOME
Display Manager Reference Manual
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yes indeed ;)… i decided that writing before reading is not a good idea.
anyway thanks for the link and the valuable information.
the only question that remains is how to change the background of gdm
more, i found an interesting link for another distribution where they at least gave me an idea about WHY the configuration is not possible at the moment:
unfortunately, the proposed way does not help much for suse 11.
greetings,
j
things keep on changing,
reporting:
changing background worked with the idea that the guys in the hacktux suggested.
unfortunately face + icon does not change.
greetings,
j
Hi
You might try running the gconftool-rebuild command (it may also need
running as root)
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thanks for the answer again!
i tried the command as root but apart of 2 warnings (which are apparently not related to the gdm problem) nothing changed in the login screen.
i think i leave it this way for the moment. invested enough time in it.
thanks a lot!
greetings,
j