Can one get straight to username entry at login in 9.10?

Tom H tomh0665 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 20 19:18:13 UTC 2009


>> > > Is there any way to set up gdm in 9.10 so that it asks you for a login
>> > > name immediately rather than having to click on the Login button first?

>> > sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type boolean
>> > /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true

>> > from https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2009-October/199823.html

>> That's not quiet what I meant.

> Oops, 'quite'....

>> I want to be presented with a Username: box to type my name into, at
>> present I get a Login button which I have to click on *before* I enter
>> my username. What else could I possibly want to do at this point?

Sorry. Misread/misunderstood (clearly!).

The last time that I googled/searched launchpad and bugzilla for gdm's
regressions, two months ago, there was no way of disabling this
"feature."




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