• Bug#1105057: gdm3: remove non-functional settings from default /etc/gdm

    From Simon McVittie@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 10 16:40:02 2025
    Package: gdm3
    Version: 48.0-1
    Severity: wishlist

    /etc/gdm3/greeter.dconf-defaults includes example settings for several
    things that are no longer effective, either because they are intentionally
    no longer configurable as part of the upstream visual design or because
    they don't act on the UI toolkit that is now used:

    * [org/gnome/desktop/interface] gtk-theme
    * everything in [org/gnome/desktop/background]

    We should drop those options from the default/example configuration
    file. If we are changing it *anyway* for #1105055 and/or #1105056, then
    this would be a good opportunity to clean out non-functional options.

    Meanwhile, if there are options that we want to make higher-visibility,
    we could add them. I think the only option mentioned in https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/login.html.en
    that is missing from our example file is:

    [org/gnome/login-screen]
    enable-fingerprint-authentication=false

    which might make sense to add.

    smcv

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