On 04/11/2011 07:30 PM, Loïc Minier wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011, Robert Ancell wrote: >> - Speed improvements - we can run a greeter without running a full GNOME >> session > Running a "full" GNOME session sounds like a waste, but it kind of > makes sense to run a mini-session to start the essential GNOME services > and reuse GNOME infrastructure as much as possible. Screen readers > came up, but there is also: > - networking -- you might need it for login > - suspend/resume support -- you might want to close the lid just after > you booted, but before you entered you logged in > - shutting down the screen and/or computer if nobody logs in for a > while > - sound -- you might want to mute / lower the volume to prevent any > specific login sound from popping up > - keyboard configuration -- to type your password in the right layout > when you have multiple layout configured > - screensaver? I don't care about that one, maybe some do > > There is also a case to be made for starting dconf to store the > settings of the session so that LDM would reuse GNOME infrastructure > for settings. > Sure, there are definitely a number of required services. Note I'm not ruling out running a GNOME session, it just depends if you can have a cut down enough session to make it work. The services you require in a login screen (basically power management, networking, audio) really are all system services - I hope that GNOME is working towards taking these things out of the session in the future.
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