Re: Proposal for inclusion in desktop: gnome-screensaver

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 09:40 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le mercredi 26 octobre 2005 à 23:39 -0200, Matthew Thomas a écrit :
> > Use case: A child leaves 
> > the screen locked and goes to bed. Child's mother comes along, unlocks 
> > the child's account, saves the child's unsaved documents etc, and shuts 
> > down the computer for the night.
> 
> gnome-screensaver should, like gdm, offer to suspend the computer.
> 
hmm, where, in the lock dialog? If so, anyone could walk though your
machine, which might be doing some background work, and suspend it.

And if you are asking for a password to do it, then, why can't you just
enter the password, and go to Desktop->Log out, and select suspend from
that dialog?
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>