lockscreen and splash screen

[Martin Gräßlin]

On Tuesday 27 September 2011 18:59:21 Marco Martin wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 September 2011, Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > > 
> > > uhm, this would kill the splash screen tough? lock window would end up
> > > over the splash one?
> > 
> > what I have in mind is to ensure that the splash screen goes above the
> > screen locker. Or better said: to suspend the screen locker effect as long
> > as there is the splash screen (but I have to think that through properly
> > as disabling would allow an attack vector on the lockscreen).
> 
> ok, so let's say PA2 :p
> if possible i would keep the patch as is for pa1 (yeah it still even have 
> unlock with spacebar ;)
> anyways atm the screen locker is not marketed as a security feature at all, is 
> purely for avoiding to touch stuff by mistake when the tablet is in a purse
even if it were a security feature, I doubt dragging counts as secure :-D
> 
> for now let's boot in unlocked mode
> 
> another temporary way would be to put in autostart a command that locks trough 
> dbus, but seems quite too much ugly ;)
> 
> > > > > when it should get locked?
> > > > > i guess when it comes out of sleep (as it was modified) makes sense,
> > > > > it should also have some kind of timeout, like old screensavers, how
> > > > > this can be done?
> > > > 
> > > > Just use it as a blank screensaver. It should trigger this screensaver
> > > > (calling the dbus method lock() on org.freedesktop.screensaver starts
> > > > the lock), but I have not tested this yet (who needs screensavers?).
> > > 
> > > ok, will try what happens with the empty screensaver ;)
> 
> uhm, seems to insist to start actually the blank screensaver even if the 
> exposed dbus interface is the kwin one
meh - just tried it and that does not work for me either :-( Seems like more work for me to get that working.

Cheers
Martin
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