Re: lock screen is not working when logged into gnome from sddm
On Tuesday, February 02, 2016 10:40:21 AM Pirate Praveen wrote:
> [Copying -devel for wider comments]
>
> On 2016, ഫെബ്രുവരി 2 10:25:56 AM IST, Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org>
wrote:
> >On 2016, ഫെബ്രുവരി 2 1:11:28 AM IST, Andreas Henriksson
> >
> ><andreas@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.
>
> I believe being able to lock screen is a basic feature of any DE. If
> gnome-shell does not work with other DEs, and if neither gnome-shell and DM
> developers don't care about interoperability, should we not add conflicts
> with all DMs except for gdm for gnome-shell?
Go read Debian policy where it describes what conflicts are there to do and
then consider if that's appropriate.
Scott K
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