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LightDM GTK+ Greeter 1.8.6

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@bluesabre bluesabre released this 12 Jun 10:43
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1.8.6
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Final GTK2-supported release. This introduces all the new features added to 1.9 prior to dropping GTK2. This is not recommended for normal package upgrades.

New features

  • Option to set monitor for displaying greeter windows: active-monitor
  • Option to control usage of user's background: user-background (LP: #1306362)
  • Panel layout now fully customizable
  • New builtin indicator: ~layout (LP: #1240569)
  • New accessibility menu item: screen reader (F4 hotkey) (experimental, LP: #1319848)
  • Option to set initial state of accessibility tools: a11y-states (LP: #1319848)

Bugs fixed

  • Handling laptop lid state (LP: #1273922)
  • Lightdm greeter on dual monitor system has bad-sized background (LP: #1314603)
  • Login screen wallaper doesn't fill screen (LP: #1325719)
  • Use avatar set in config also without userlist (LP: #1317236)
  • Don't use XInput2 to set the root cursor (LP: #1024482)
  • Possible segfault if sessions list is empty

Additional fixes

  • Message "Failed to authenticate" do not overwrites the PAM error message now
  • Do not display password entry if password is not required
  • Passing all defined arguments to "onboard" in xembed mode
  • Checking for libido version at build

Updated translations

Required configuration changes:

  • host and clock labels are indicators now, new default panel layout:
    indicators=~host;~spacer;~clock;~spacer;~session;~language;~a11y;~power
  • You need to mark laptop monitor with "laptop=true" key in lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf to enable lid state handling (see the included lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf template)
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