Re: [gdm-list] how to use authentication feature of GDM in a screen saver

[Ray Strode <halfline gmail com>]

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi kde org> wrote:
> what one really wants is effectively requesting a new x server within
> the existing server. everything would be separated (window stacking,
> input masks, grabs, properties), with the nested server taking control
> over the physical console. i wonder whether the server should actually
> open a second display port, but i think just a separate xauth on the
> same port should be sufficient (and less problematic when it comes to
> firewalls/tunnelling).
Well this is sounding a lot more like wayland than an X extension...
Which I agree is totally the future, but maybe not the near future.

> the problem about trying to add more general solutions which aim at
> particular aspects is that there will be always something new you have
> to deal with in some more or less sophisticated way. by having this
> context separation extension, this burden would be shifted to the x
> server, once and for all.
Sure, it's just a question of what's tractable, I guess.

> well, that dialog would be the normal unlock dialog. the question is
> whether one wants to completely merge unlocking and user switching or
> whether switching is considered sufficiently less common than "just
> unlocking" that it should be "hidden" behind a separate button.
FWIW, that's how gnome-screensaver works today.

The unlock dialog is handled by gnome-screensaver, and there's a big
"Switch User" button that jumps to GDM.

--Ray