On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 06:19:46 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > During the conference my laptop suspend/resume decided to barf and I > > have to shutdown and restart lots of time, having to wait for the > > always slow boot process (mine is still not under 5s) and part of it > > is loading entrance and e... > > > > But wait, most of users I know just have one single user in their > > machine, including myself... so why use entrance at all? We should > > have a way to ask enlightenment to start with the desktop lock on, > > some command line option like "-locked" so I'm still safe, but as > > soon as I type my password I have something ready and working, > > possible my autostart apps are fully working and everything. And > > all of that without special hacks like Gnome guys did to have GDM > > to preload gnome session before... > > > > To me it's plain simple, but before I dig into code to have that > > working, do you see any problems with that approach? > > So at least 3 guys answered to me in IRC with positive feedback (being > in the same situation as I am). Do anyone see a problem with such > approach? > > Does anyone know better what's required for user switch? Maybe it > would be good to change Entrance when it's fixed/rewrite so we have a > way to do autostart as well, in that case Entrance would start itself > as the minimum smart session end monitor that it uses once users logs > in. That way it doesn't impact boot times and it is still possible for > people to change users later. > Maybe that can be added to E desktop lock, since when I see > multiple users running on the same machine I see they using multiple X > sessions, so it's just a matter of spawning a new server... but I'm > not sure about coordination between those... or those with the login > manager, but KDE/KDM does keep track of such information (at least if > you want to shutdown it will first show that there are other users > logged in and confirm you want to proceed). > I was sitting here thinking about this and just remembered that Entrance already has the ability to do autologin. It's not exactly trivial, but if you look at the build_config.sh in the entrance/data/config directory you should be able to find how it does the automatic login. I recall setting this up for gOS and I believe it works. There are two types of auto login, one that is meant to be silent, but doesn't actually work last I tried and one that will popup the theme and then immediately login and fade it out. The latter did work although it's not as desireable. This of course doesn't solve your problem exactly, but Entrance does store the username from the last login so the only thing you usually have to type in is your password anyway which is pretty much the same effect with a couple more seconds to wait while E loads. E doesn't take so long to load that this is unbearable though. And the fast user switching stuff would be interesting to implement. Trying to juggle multiple screens is probably a bunch of fun :) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
