Re: Fwd: Re: [Cooker] Why is xmatrix missing from xscreensaver?
Alan wrote: > > If Jamie or other distributions don't care, fine.. But we DO care, we > don't want to get sued.. That is why xmatrix was removed and there is no > plan to put it back (except if you get a royalted free license for > commercial distribution of xmatrix from "The Matrix" artwork authors..) Not that I care what you do, but I assure you that nobody's work is being used but my own. I created all of those images myself, in GIMP. If you think someone owns the idea of "backwards green kanji text", you're on crack. Whatever. -- Jamie Zawinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jwz.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dnalounge.com/
Re: Suggestion for a screensaver feature (Re: [Cooker] Please switch of kdm AutoReLogin: painful and dangerous)
Stephane Gourichon wrote: > > I don't like the AutoReLogin feature. The X server (and process holding > the session) should be stable. If it's not it has to be corrected. > Relaunching a session automatically to pretend it's not nearly crashed > is playing masquerade. You are correct. The words "AutoReLogin" and "security" can't be used together. > But since it exists, there must be some way to make it better. No, I seriously doubt that. > I have a suggestion (maybe it's what you thought, but here it is > explicit): any screensaver may want to create a particular file (for > example ~/.screen-locked -- common to all screen saver programs) to > indicate that the screen is currently locked. AutoReLogin should not exist, and I'm not going to modify xscreensaver to give the *illusion* that AutoReLogin is anything other than a gaping security hole. -- Jamie Zawinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jwz.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dnalounge.com/
