Login Screen Split

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This resolves the problem where the gdm (login) screen is split down the middle vertically. We usually see a normal screen on the left half and mostly black on the right (actually a zoomed-in, high-resolution overlay).

We thick it's a gdm configuration file causing the problem, but we don't know which one! Its the screen magnifier (part of the accessibility package. See Screen-Magnifier Turn-off