If you have (or haven't) noticed, Fedora 9 uses a new incomplete version of GDM. As a result, it is completely uncustomizable and unthemeable.
Fortunately, there is a way to safely downgrade to the GDM version used in Fedora 8, restoring full compatibility with themes:
From FedoraForum.org
Reboot or Restart X.org
To reverse it and return to Fedora 9's GDM
Reboot or Restart X.org
Fortunately, there is a way to safely downgrade to the GDM version used in Fedora 8, restoring full compatibility with themes:
From FedoraForum.org
leigh123@linux said:su
rpm -e gdm gdm-user-switch-applet fedorainfinity-gdm-theme
yum install wget
wget http://www.linux-ati-drivers.homecall.co.uk/fedora-8-gdm.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-8-gdm.repo
cp /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo.old
cp /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo.old
perl -i -pe "s/(\[.*\])/\1\nexclude=gdm gdm-user-switch-applet/" /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
perl -i -pe "s/(\[.*\])/\1\nexclude=gdm gdm-user-switch-applet/" /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
yum clean all
yum install gdm gdm-extra-faces fast-user-switch-applet
Reboot or Restart X.org
To reverse it and return to Fedora 9's GDM
su
rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-8-gdm.repo
cp /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo.old /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo
cp /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo.old /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo
yum clean all
yum update
Reboot or Restart X.org