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

[Jerry Wall <Jerry Wall Sun COM>]

The issue with Sun Ray and other thin clients is that there
is no local hardware and no kernel drivers involved in
plumbing one into the system. They are strictly network
connected client so there is nothing to tell something
like ConsoleKit about.

--Jerry Wall

William Jon McCann wrote On 10/11/07 07:01,:
> 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
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