Re: [g-a-devel] gnome-mag and LoginHelper interface

[Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes <cerdiogenes yahoo com br>]

On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 16:20 +0000, Bill Haneman wrote:
> Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes wrote:
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > Could you present me a use-case where I can just see it work (and them
> > remove the interface and appreciate the difference), or there isn't any
> > application that make use of the LoginHelper interface?
> >   
> 
> Sun's build of xscreensaver uses it.  I am not sure if community 
> xscreensaver sources have included these changes or not, perhaps it's in 
> recent XOrg source builds?

No, it isn't.

> 
> Bill
> > Best regards,
> > Carlos.
> >
> > On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 16:00 -0300, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes
> > wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi Bill,
> >>
> >> On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 14:45 +0000, Bill Haneman wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes wrote:
> >>>       
> >>>> Hi all!
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Bill! Some time ago you told me that removing the LoginHelper
> >>>> interface from gnome-mag would broken it. Could you provide me use cases
> >>>> where I can see the importance of this interface and how it's act?
> >>>>   
> >>>>         
> >>> Hi Carlos;
> >>>
> >>> The primary use for LoginHelper (which should probably have been called 
> >>> AuthenticationHelper instead) is to allow assistive technologies and 
> >>> services to continue to operate during screen blanking and various kinds 
> >>> of authentication processes. 
> >>>
> >>> For instance, when the screensaver lock is active, the magnifier window 
> >>> cannot normally be seen.  The LoginHelper interface allows the 
> >>> screensaver dialog to query whether any assistive technologies or 
> >>> services need access to desktop services during authentication.  In the 
> >>> magnifier+screensaver use case, LoginHelper tells the screensaver that 
> >>> access to the Xserver display is required, and that a particular window 
> >>> (the magnifier's toplevel window) needs to be raised.
> >>>       
> >> If I understand right the screensaver raises the magnifier window only
> >> when it asks for the password? I tried here with xscreensaver and with
> >> gnome-screensaver (in the last the authentication mechanism isn't
> >> working) and anyone raise the magnifier window.
> >>
> >> I only have it raised when using the OverlayWindow, but this is a
> >> standard behavior, and when running OpenGL screensavers these interfere
> >> in the magnifier window.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Carlos.
> >>
> >>     
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>> Bill
> >>>       
> >>>> Best regards,
> >>>> Carlos.
> >>>>
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