modify logout screen

[James Richard Tyrer]

Malte.Schuenemann at t-online.de wrote:
 > I am looking for a way to secure my kde3 installation against unwanted
 > termination of applications at logout. I.e. I am running a vmware
 > session - when logging out from KDE I would like to have a possibility
 > to check e.g. via script whether a vmware instance is running and if
 > so, deny the kde logout.
 >
 > Is that possible ?
 >

If you are talking about loging out of KDE, I think that if you check 
the: "startkde" script that the KDE session is
started by the command:

	kwrapper ksmserver $KDEWM

When you logout of KDE, execution of the script continues and the X
session is still running and the current user is still logged on.

So, you can add whatever you want right after that command.  But, you
would have to restart KDE, you couldn't prevent it from ending.

What I don't know is exactly what loging out of KDE does as far as
programs that are running in the X session, but I don't think that they
are terminated until control is returned to KDM.

Now, if you want to actually intercept the logout from KDE, you will 
have to look into the Fine Manual, or ask on the developers list.

To read the KDM manual open Konqueror and enter: help:kdm

Same for other manuals.

--
JRT


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