Re: gdm upgrade

[Oki DZ <okidz@pindad.com>]

On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 02:58:03AM +1000, Matthias Szupryczynski wrote:
> I am running Woody with a 2.4.18 kernel on my box, and I was wondering
> whether or not it is possible to safely install a gdm - version with
> that fancy graphical greeter option (not quite sure from which version
> on that is supported) without leaving my stable status at all. Since

I'm not so clear about your fancy graphical greeter.
Anyway,
okidz@okidz:~$ dpkg -l  | grep gdm
ii  gdm            2.2.4.3-1      GNOME Display Manager
Mine has a greeter that can display jpg files.

> even Sid only provides with gdm 2.2.5.5 as Woody does, the solution
> would be to download the sources and compile them, thus bypassing the
> package system. 

Since you are sticking into stable, I think compiling things is a bit out
of question.

Oki