GUI login banner at console?

[Andrew Pollock]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:12 AM, Scott R. Ehrlich <scott at mit.edu> wrote:

> I've tried most every other unpaid path, with no luck, so maybe the
> developers forum will yield some insights...
>
> I've just installed 7.10 64-bit on a workstation and want to produce a
> multi-line X Windows text banner with an acknowledgement button
> (OK/Yes/whatever) on the console before the username/password prompt
> appears.
>
> Under CentOS or Fedora, I would place /usr/bin/gdialog --yesno "This is my
> long
> intro banner..." in /etc/X11/Xsession just after the first batch of
> comment
> lines.
>
> What would be the equivalent way for Ubuntu Gutsy?
>
> Will it be easier under Hardy?
>

I'm thinking you want to look at
http://www.jirka.org/gdm-documentation/x241.html


>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
>
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