> The trouble is when a user sets a preference in Gnome (or KDE etc), that doesn't get communicated to GDM - it would need to update the preference in GDM somehow before a desktop is invoked.
Yes, that makes sense. That "somehow" particular means to change "Layout" in ~/.dmrc and /var/cache/gdm/$USER/dmrc.
Setting bug to triaged, as it's fully understood now. Thanks for the report!
> The trouble is when a user sets a preference in Gnome (or KDE etc), that doesn't get communicated to GDM - it would need to update the preference in GDM somehow before a desktop is invoked.
Yes, that makes sense. That "somehow" particular means to change "Layout" in ~/.dmrc and /var/cache/ gdm/$USER/ dmrc.
Setting bug to triaged, as it's fully understood now. Thanks for the report!