Re: [gdm-list] Pairing bluetooth input devices before logging in?

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

Hi,

On 8/7/07, Mourad De Clerck <mourad aquazul com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In light of the gdm rework that has been going on, I was wondering if
> and how the new gdm is going to handle bluetooth input devices.
>
> The use-case and problem is simply: if for some reason your input
> devices are not paired, you'll simply be unable to type in your password
> or select your user. The new and improved D-Bus based bluez stack and
> bluez-gnome applet can probably handle pairing once logged in, but if
> you can't log in...
>
> (While purely theoretical at the moment, Wireless USB could have the
> same issues eventually)

That is a good point.  And may be yet another reason to make our GDM
greeters more session-like.  I suppose one could run the necessary
bits in the greeter session that enable pairing of devices.  If the
settings are stored in GConf then we would also need to copy the
necessary information into the GConf system defaults database in order
for the gdm user to pick it up.

Bastien, do you have any thoughts on this?

Thanks,
Jon