On Tuesday 02 February 2016 04:49 PM, Tim wrote: > > > On 02/02/16 04:15, 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. > gnome-shell and gdm3 are quite tightly coupled, however in the case you don't > want to use gdm, you should be able to use gnome-screensaver or > xscreensaver for screen locking
I used xlock as a workaround, but gnome-shell should fallback to using gnome-screensaver if gdm3 is not available. Keeping the machines (laptops) unlocked is not a good default, especially when suspended. This is basic functionality we are talking about and not some exotic nice to have feature. >> >> Same issue for switch user. > There is no standard for user switching, gdm, lightdm and probably sddm all > have their own interfaces for user switching. It would be good to have a standard and I think debian gdm maintainers are the right people to initiate - being in a position to support multiple DEs, such a standard.
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