[arch-general] Xorg/kdm login screen addition

[Magnus Therning]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> Listmates,
> 
> 	I though I would run this idea by the list and see if there was any aversion
> to the idea of adding hostname information to the xorg/kdm login display.
> 
> 	I wouldn't change a thing about the login look, it's awesome. What I would
> propose is adding to the existing login greeter the 'hostname' of the machine
> it is running on.
> 
> 	What prompted this suggestion was the situation where I had an archlinux box
> connected vi xdmcp to my laptop on tty8. After a day or so of working on my
> local box, I switched back over to tty8 and the question immediately came to
> mind "Which Archlinux install is this?" because there was no way to immediately
> tell. (Don't get me wrong, I only have 2 Arch installs, so the answer wasn't
> critical) But the point to be made, and the basis for this suggestion, is that
> it would be nice to have the host information available.
> 
> 	Just a small addition to the dialog, after or under the Archlinux logo, that
> says something like "on: host.domain.com". That way, you know at a glance who
> you are dealing with.
> 
> 	Obviously, this is just a minimal enhancement, but the path to perfection is
> taken one step at a time.
> 
> 	Anybody adverse to something like this?

Can it also be made the default in GDM?

/M

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