Re: [Usability] preferences, sessions, etc. notes

[John Kodis <kodis jagunet com>]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:49:45PM -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote:

>  - temporarily log out, let someone else log in, then go back 
>    to their session (as with Windows XP)

Here's a use-case that I'd find useful:

- I log in, do some stuff, wander off, and let Xscreensaver kick in;

- My daughter walks up to my computer, and rather than being presented
  with the Xscreensaver "Enter your password" dialog box, she instead
  finds herself presented with the Gnome Display Manager "Enter your
  username and password" dialog box;

- She enters her username and password, and is given a new X server
  running on another virtual console.  She does some stuff, wanders
  off, and lets Xscreensaver kick in;

- When I return, I enter my username and password, and find myself
  returned to the session, already in progress, that I wandered off
  from, just like reauthenticating to Xscreensaver does now.

It seems as though all the major bits and pieces required to do this
are in place, and all that remains to be done is to tie together the
appropriate gdm and Xscreensaver code segments.

-- John Kodis.