--- gnome-session-2.23.4/gnome-session/gsm.h-orig	2008-06-19 15:12:05.273155000 -0500

+++ gnome-session-2.23.4/gnome-session/gsm.h	2008-06-19 15:12:29.015042000 -0500

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@

 #define GSM_GCONF_DEFAULT_SESSION_KEY           "/desktop/gnome/session/default-session"

 #define GSM_GCONF_REQUIRED_COMPONENTS_DIRECTORY "/desktop/gnome/session/required-components"

+/* Start gnome-about on first-time startup */

+#define ABOUT_PROMPT_KEY                        "/desktop/gnome/session/sun_extensions/viewed_about_jds_three"

+

 void gsm_initialization_error (gboolean fatal, const char *format, ...);

 extern GsmSession *global_session;

--- gnome-session-2.23.4/gnome-session/main.c-orig	2008-06-19 16:26:15.033705000 -0500

+++ gnome-session-2.23.4/gnome-session/main.c	2008-06-19 16:34:42.940141000 -0500

@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ static GOptionEntry entries[] = {

   { NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL }

 };

+static gint

+show_gnome_about (gpointer data)

+{

+  int status;

+

+  if (g_spawn_command_line_async("gnome-about", NULL))

+    {

+      GConfClient *gconf_client = gconf_client_get_default ();

+      gconf_client_set_bool (gconf_client, ABOUT_PROMPT_KEY, TRUE, NULL);

+      g_object_unref (gconf_client);

+    }

+

+  return FALSE;

+}

+

 /**

  * gsm_initialization_error:

  * @fatal: whether or not the error is fatal to the login session

@@ -94,6 +109,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)

   char *display_str;

   Display *xdisp;

   GdkDisplay *gdisp;

+  gboolean show_about;

+  GConfClient *gconf_client;

   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALE_DIR);

   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");

@@ -143,6 +160,18 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)

   gsm_session_start (global_session);

+  gconf_client = gconf_client_get_default ();

+  show_about = gconf_client_get_bool (gconf_client, ABOUT_PROMPT_KEY, NULL);

+

+#ifndef HAVE_XTSOL

+  if (! show_about)

+    gtk_timeout_add (4000, show_gnome_about, NULL);

+#else

+  if (! trusted_session)

+    if (! show_about)

+      gtk_timeout_add (4000, show_gnome_about, NULL);

+#endif

+

   gtk_main ();

   gsm_xsmp_shutdown ();