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# The Basic Options

Below are the options for the `Login appearance`, `Login behaviour` ,`Face browser`, and `Automatic login` tabs.

`Login appearance`

  Figure 3. The login appearance tab

Minimised Icon:

  Change the icon that represents the login screen when minimized.

`Logo`

  Change the image that is displayed in the login window

`Gtk+ RC file`

  Specify the location of `.gtkrc`

`Login behaviour`

  Figure 4. The login behaviour tab

Quiver on failure

  If login fails, make the login window shake.

`Exclude these users`

  Do not show the users in the user menu, on the login box.

Default font:

  The font to display and default to.

`Welcome message`

  The text message to display in the login screen.

  | Display machine name
  | To have GDM display your machine name you can type %n in the `Welcome message` field, and it will always be replaced with whatever your machine's name is.

`Background Program`

  This allows you to run a given script, or application in the background whilst the login prompt is displayed.

`Default locale`

  The locale that should be set as default in the GDM

Lock position

  Lock the login box, such that it cannot be moved within the login screen.

Manually set position

  Allow for the login box to be moved manually within the login screen

`X position`

  The x coordinate for the login box placement

`Y position`

  The y coordinate for the login box placement

`Xinerama screen`

  This option allows one to specify on which monitor, in a multi-monitor setup, the GDM login screen will be displayed.

`Face browser`

  Figure 5. The face browser tab

Show choosable user images

  Customization of user images in the face browser

`Default face image`

  Change the image used for default users in the face browser

`Global faces directory`

  The directory where the face images reside

`Maximum face width`

  The maximum width any given face image may be

`Maximum face height`

  The maximum height any given face image may be

Background

  Figure 6. The background tab

Background type

  Selection of background type. Options are backgrounds by colour, image, or none at all.

`Scale background image to fit`

  Allow an image, if selected above, to be scaled to fit alloted space.

`Only color on remote displays`

  Enable a colour to be displayed only on remote systems

`Background program`

  Allow a program to be run in the background

Automatic login

  Figure 7. The automatic login tab

Login a user automatically on first bootup

  Enable logging in as the specified user when first starting the system.

Login a user automatically after a specified number of seconds.

  Allow the GDM to automatically login after the specified number of seconds using the specified user name.

Timed login

  The specified user to be used to login automaticaly.

Seconds before login

  The specified number of seconds before the GDM automatically logs in.

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