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#1

Hi,
how to change gdm login fonts in opensuse 11.3?
regards,
Marek

#2

I think that is controlled by the configuration file displaymanager located in /etc/sysconfig/. If you use KDE then goto menu / Run Command:

kdesu kwrite /etc/sysconfig/displaymanger

Read through the help comments. You might create a backup copy of the file first. You must be root to change the file as the above command will ask for the root user password. You must restart your computer for these changes to take effect.

Thank You,

#3

FWIW, I find with some applications the file .ICEauthority ownership is changed from uid:gid to root:root, and that can cause login problems.
In my case,

gnomesu -c kwrite

the .ICEauthority was changed.

Generally, I use

sudoedit file

in terminal mode for editing the file with vi and it doesn’t affect the .ICEauthority ownership, and sudo for most other commands.

#4

tararpharazon wrote:

>> Thank You, FWIW, I find with some applications the file .ICEauthority
>> ownership
> is changed from uid:gid to root:root, and that can cause login problems.
>
> In my case,
> Code:
> --------------------
> gnomesu -c kwrite
> --------------------
> the .ICEauthority was changed.
>

If you can reproduce this, please file a bug report. Having gnomesu muck
about with permissions in ~user is a big no-no, and should be fixed.

> Generally, I use
> Code:
> --------------------
> sudoedit file
> --------------------
> in terminal mode for editing the file with vi and it doesn’t affect the
> .ICEauthority ownership, and sudo for most other commands.
>
>

#5

in this file i don’t see such option, how to do it?

#6

That doesn’t happen with kdesu? May be due to your openSUSE version.

I reproduced it every time in 11.1, it’ s fixed in 11.2 and I expect(assume) 11.3.

#7

I can edit this file, but there is no line where I can change font settings