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Subject:    Re: Re: lockscreen and splash screen
From:       Martin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gr=E4=DFlin?= <mgraesslin () kde ! org>
Date:       2011-09-27 16:37:06
Message-ID: 5051052.UImlYPxkkH () martin-desktop
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On Tuesday 27 September 2011 18:29:59 Marco Martin wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 September 2011, Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > On Tuesday 27 September 2011 17:47:04 Marco Martin wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 27 September 2011, Marco Martin wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > I finally made work out of the box the new qml splash screen and the
> > > > lock screen on the meego image, so here are some instructions, hoping
> > > > it will be easy enough to adapt it to the opensuse image as well.
> > > 
> > > by the way, now everything stats unlocked (don't know what would exactly
> > > take to make it start locked, but unlocked is fine)
> > 
> > very simple, I have the code ready for kwin master (don't know whether I
> > have pushed it). It adjusts startkde to trigger that KWin starts locked.
> > And it's just an variable which needs to be passed to startkde script.
> > Unfortunately it disables the login screen. That's something I want to
> > look into for desktop, too as I think it's bad to be able to unlock KWin
> > before anything is actually started.
> 
> uhm, this would kill the splash screen tough? lock window would end up over 
> the splash one?
what I have in mind is to ensure that the splash screen goes above the screen locker. \
Or better said: to suspend the  screen locker effect as long as there is the splash \
screen (but I have to think that through properly as disabling would  allow an attack \
vector on the lockscreen).
> 
> > > when it should get locked?
> > > i guess when it comes out of sleep (as it was modified) makes sense, it
> > > should also have some kind of timeout, like old screensavers, how this
> > > can be done?
> > 
> > Just use it as a blank screensaver. It should trigger this screensaver
> > (calling the dbus method lock() on org.freedesktop.screensaver starts the
> > lock), but I have not tested this yet (who needs screensavers?).
> 
> ok, will try what happens with the empty screensaver ;)
> 
> 
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> Marco Martin
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