Re: [gdm-list] GDM - gdmdynamic and Sun Ray support

["William Jon McCann" <mccann jhu edu>]

Hi,

On 10/11/07, Bob Doolittle <Robert Doolittle sun com> wrote:
> Thanks Brian.
>
> Taking a step back, a Sun Ray is just an example of a "Thin Client".
> All Thin Clients can dynamically attach to servers and need a desktop
> served to them when they do.  gdmdynamic is the interface
> used to setup and tear down desktops when needed.  For the purpose
> of GDM, I don't want to over-focus on Sun Ray (even though it's
> the product I work on), the value of gdmdynamic is (at least
> potentially) broader than that, and should remain so.
>
> Here's a blog entry regarding Sun Ray for home use in case
> that's of interest in putting this into perspective:
> http://blogs.sun.com/bobd/entry/the_real_definition_of_sun
>
> There are some interesting announcements coming out soon
> which may make in-home use more attractive.

I agree that Sun Ray isn't necessarily a special case here.  It is
basically a thin-client, remote "seat" that can dynamically attach to
the host system.  Right?

The question is: how should we dynamically add seats to the system?
We haven't quite sorted out the details yet but the current thinking
is that you should be communicating with ConsoleKit to create the
seat, add the list of hardware devices to it and GDM would respond to
those changes.

Jon