On 2016, ഫെബ്രുവരി 2 1:11:28 AM IST, Andreas Henriksson <andr...@fatal.se> wrote: >Hello Pirate Praveen. > >On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 10:45:11PM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote: >> package: sddm, gdm3, gnome-session >> severity: important >> >> Now it seems gnome session can lock screen only if logged in from >gdm3 >> (isn't there a standard for display managers? is gnome breaking the >> standard of sddm not implementing a new standard? can't changes be >> better coordinated among DEs, can't we use freedesktop.org?). It >makes >> the whole system insecure as laptops when left unattended could be >> misused by anyone without auto lock. >> >> Same issue for switch user. > >Not sure why you think things will continue to work if you just >replace random components of GNOME like this. You can replace >anything you want, but if it breaks you get to keep all the pieces. >The lock screen (et.al.) not working if you use another DM is >a well known issue. I'm not sure if particular component >can be "blamed" for this, since gnome-shell and gdm interaction >isn't something all other DMs are in any way required to >implement. Did SDDM claim it was a drop-in replacement for GDM? >If so, please file a bug against SDDM.
All right. Let every project stay isolated and not care about interoperability. A display manager has always been about managing multiple DEs. >Regards, >Andreas Henriksson -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.