Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-17 Thread Nuno Pinheiro
A Quarta, 15 de Junho de 2011 17:11:27 Martin Gräßlin você escreveu: > On Wednesday 15 June 2011 17:46:08 Alex Fiestas wrote: > > On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 05:37:14 PM todd rme wrote: > > > There are apparently people willing to implement KDE support in > > > LightDM, so why don't they instead im

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Shaun Reich
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Alexander Neundorf wrote: > Seriously, displaying unread emails ? > From which user ? All of them. MSWIN interates through each user in the listview displaying unread mails for each. (it's just a count of unread emails..obviously you don't want other people sift

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Alexander Neundorf
On Tuesday 14 June 2011, Harald Sitter wrote: ... > Yet despite having complete control we did not manage to come up with a > truly good workspace experience that starts at the DM (power management, > good looks, I for one have yet to see a sane UI-wise integration of stuff > like fingerprint auth,

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Alex Fiestas
On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 05:43:44 PM Martin Gräßlin wrote: > On Wednesday 15 June 2011 12:22:10 Alex Fiestas wrote: > > But right now: (Once again this is what I see from outside:) > > -KDM developers have no plans > > This seems incorrect, given Shaun's work on Plasma - and after the > discuss

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Alex Fiestas
On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 06:11:27 PM Martin Gräßlin wrote: > On Wednesday 15 June 2011 17:46:08 Alex Fiestas wrote: > > On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 05:37:14 PM todd rme wrote: > > > There are apparently people willing to implement KDE support in > > > LightDM, so why don't they instead improve K

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Alex Fiestas
On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 05:55:03 PM todd rme wrote: > So in other words when LightDM is mature no one will work on it and we > will be left with the same problem? Maybe, though if it remains active and healthy then we may not.

Re: Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Wednesday 15 June 2011 17:46:08 Alex Fiestas wrote: > On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 05:37:14 PM todd rme wrote: > > There are apparently people willing to implement KDE support in > > LightDM, so why don't they instead improve KDM? Why should they be > > putting their effort into an immature proj

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread todd rme
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Alex Fiestas wrote: > On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 05:37:14 PM todd rme wrote: >> There are apparently people willing to implement KDE support in >> LightDM, so why don't they instead improve KDM?  Why should they be >> putting their effort into an immature project

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Alex Fiestas
On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 05:37:14 PM todd rme wrote: > There are apparently people willing to implement KDE support in > LightDM, so why don't they instead improve KDM? Why should they be > putting their effort into an immature project instead of a mature one? Because they're motivated to work

Re: Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Wednesday 15 June 2011 12:22:10 Alex Fiestas wrote: > But right now: (Once again this is what I see from outside:) > -KDM developers have no plans This seems incorrect, given Shaun's work on Plasma - and after the discussion in this thread this should be known by now. > -KDM maintainer has no

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread todd rme
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Alex Fiestas wrote: > On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 08:20:35 AM todd rme wrote: >> There seems to be an implicit assumption here that if we are going to >> go the cross-desktop route it would have to be LightDM that we pick. >> But if KDM is already pluggable enough

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Shaun Reich
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 2:20 AM, todd rme wrote: > I gather from the discussion that most, if not all, the features that > KDM still needs are also lacking in LightDM, while KDM has lots of > features LightDM does not.  So if we are talking about wasted > resources, >wouldn't it waste far fewer r

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Shaun Reich
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:59 PM, David Edmundson wrote: >Does KDM still run the greeters as root? No. It's been not doing that for about a year or so. -- Shaun Reich, KDE Software Developer (kde.org)

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:00:00PM +0200, Sebastian Kügler wrote: > 2 takes long to start > > I think lightdm solves (2), but does so by cutting features, features > which we probably need (some asked for XDMCP as an example). > no, it solves it by not using qt+kdeui (and even less plasma). if y

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread David Edmundson
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:05 PM, Harald Sitter wrote: > On Tuesday 14 June 2011 14:55:58 Shaun Reich wrote: >> How does lightDM even handle different authentication types? KDM has a >> plugin system which handles different auth types (fingerprint, >> winbindd, etc.). >> >> However, the fundamenta

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Alex Fiestas
Just to clarify something... I'm not pushing lightDM into KDE in anyway, it is not my favorite DM or anything like that, though I see it as a highly interesting project with a healthy and active community and I do think that KDE should be leading the Qtness of the project as well as be sure tha

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Alex Fiestas
On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 08:20:35 AM todd rme wrote: > There seems to be an implicit assumption here that if we are going to > go the cross-desktop route it would have to be LightDM that we pick. > But if KDM is already pluggable enough that you can easily rip out the > GUI and write and entire

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-15 Thread Sebastian Kügler
Hi Alex, On Monday, June 13, 2011 21:10:36 Alex Fiestas wrote: > Today something happened to me again, I turn on my laptop at the begining of > a meeting and when I needed it the battery was over because the laptop > didn't went to suspension (as I'm used). > > That makes me wonder what are the p

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread todd rme
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:14 AM, Harald Sitter wrote: > On Tuesday 14 June 2011 15:37:25 Shaun Reich wrote: >> Everybody talks about it like it's some magical unicorn that hasn't >> been spotted before, but the truth is, it's staring everyone in the >> face. >> >> In fact, I have dealt directly wi

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Harald Sitter
On Tuesday 14 June 2011 15:37:25 Shaun Reich wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Harald Sitter wrote: > > Should that ever get finished. Shaun? > > Good question ;-) > Yeah, it's in a pretty finished state, after my unintentional hiatus. > Mostly I've been cleaning stuff up(and yes, I've be

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Shaun Reich
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Harald Sitter wrote: > Should that ever get finished. Shaun? Good question ;-) Yeah, it's in a pretty finished state, after my unintentional hiatus. Mostly I've been cleaning stuff up(and yes, I've been actively committing lately), so that the qml code can look th

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Harald Sitter
On Tuesday 14 June 2011 14:55:58 Shaun Reich wrote: > How does lightDM even handle different authentication types? KDM has a > plugin system which handles different auth types (fingerprint, > winbindd, etc.). > > However, the fundamental flaw that I can see..is that at some level or > another, the

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Harald Sitter
On Tuesday 14 June 2011 22:19:40 Martin Gräßlin wrote: > On Tuesday 14 June 2011 20:26:45 Harald Sitter wrote: > > > > Agreed. > > > > Yet despite having complete control we did not manage to come up with a > > truly good workspace experience that starts at the DM (power > > management, good loo

Re: Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Shaun Reich
Slight shift of topic as well...but: How does lightDM even handle different authentication types? KDM has a plugin system which handles different auth types (fingerprint, winbindd, etc.). However, the fundamental flaw that I can see..is that at some level or another, the UI/Greeter *has* to know

Re: Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Tuesday 14 June 2011 20:26:45 Harald Sitter wrote: > Agreed. > > Yet despite having complete control we did not manage to come up with a truly > good workspace experience that starts at the DM (power management, good > looks, > I for one have yet to see a sane UI-wise integration of stuff

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Harald Sitter
On Tuesday 14 June 2011 17:42:55 Martin Gräßlin wrote: > On Tuesday 14 June 2011 10:35:49 Harald Sitter wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Martin Gräßlin wrote: > > > > There are of course more issues to think about when considering > > > using > > > something in our workspace that's de

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Alexander Neundorf
On Monday 13 June 2011, Tom Gundersen wrote: > Hi Alex, > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Alex Fiestas wrote: > > For the experts: Does lightDM feel nice as a cross-desktop solution? is > > it good enough? > > I cannot speak to the suitability of lightDM as a KDM replacement. > However, I jus

Re: Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Tuesday 14 June 2011 10:35:49 Harald Sitter wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Martin Gräßlin wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:29:45 -0400, Shaun Reich > > wrote: > >> > >> lightDM is also headed by my dear friend Canonical, as is clearly seen. > > > > Serious question: does anyone kno

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Harald Sitter
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Alex Fiestas wrote: > On Monday, June 13, 2011 10:24:22 PM Thomas Lübking wrote: >> Am Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:34:56 +0200 >> >> schrieb Martin Gräßlin : >> > What does power management has to do with KDM? This belongs into >> > powerdevil where to my knowledge it sho

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Harald Sitter
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Martin Gräßlin wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:29:45 -0400, Shaun Reich > wrote: >> >> lightDM is also headed by my dear friend Canonical, as is clearly seen. > > Serious question: does anyone know if it requires Canonical's copyright > assignment to contribute to

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Martin Gräßlin wrote: > On Monday 13 June 2011 21:10:36 Alex Fiestas wrote: >> So, what are the plans for KDM? can we expect some power management >> integration? and plymouth? > > I don't see what power management and plymouth have to do with KDM. Power > managme

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-14 Thread Tom Gundersen
Hi Alex, On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Alex Fiestas wrote: > For the experts: Does lightDM feel nice as a cross-desktop solution? is it > good enough? I cannot speak to the suitability of lightDM as a KDM replacement. However, I just wanted to point to a couple of discussions about this from

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:29:45 -0400, Shaun Reich wrote: lightDM is also headed by my dear friend Canonical, as is clearly seen. Serious question: does anyone know if it requires Canonical's copyright assignment to contribute to lightDM? If yes we can stop any further discussion right here IMHO.

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Shaun Reich
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Alex Fiestas wrote: > On Monday, June 13, 2011 04:46:12 PM Shaun Reich wrote: >> Duh. You've got to be joking. Okay, how about you read up on the >> subject..like uhm...in my blog, before criticizing what you clearly >> are clueless about? >> Blink excessively? You

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Shaun Reich
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Thomas Lübking wrote: > Am Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:46:12 -0400 > schrieb Shaun Reich : > > Sorry, I don't read your blog - just did a quick google and thought this > was the best place to get a reliable answer. No problem. Just don't try to critique something until at

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Thomas Lübking
Am Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:02:02 +0200 schrieb Alex Fiestas : > splashy replacement), though I know that KDM without patches doesn't > have a smooth transition. Ah, ok - that part wasn't about power savings at all ;-) > There is a patch from the Fedora team that Got a link? (it probably grabs the fr

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Thomas Lübking
Am Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:46:12 -0400 schrieb Shaun Reich : > Of course *a*. I even went out of my way to specify it in other blog > entries, multiple times iirc. Sorry, I don't read your blog - just did a quick google and thought this was the best place to get a reliable answer. OFF TOPIC

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Alex Fiestas
On Monday, June 13, 2011 10:24:22 PM Thomas Lübking wrote: > Am Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:34:56 +0200 > > schrieb Martin Gräßlin : > > What does power management has to do with KDM? This belongs into > > powerdevil where to my knowledge it should be handled fine, if > > configured correctly. > > I gues

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Alex Fiestas
On Monday, June 13, 2011 09:01:06 PM John Layt wrote: > On Monday 13 Jun 2011 20:34:56 Martin Gräßlin wrote: > > What does power management has to do with KDM? This belongs into > > powerdevil where to my knowledge it should be handled fine, if > > configured correctly. > > Not sure, but I wonder

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Shaun Reich
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Thomas Lübking wrote: > > Semi-OT: >> knowledge there is some work going on to bring a Plasma interface to >> KDM which would be a very unique feature. > > This? > http://sreich.blogspot.com/2010/06/kdm-plasma-update.html > > Errr... hopefully *a* - and no

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Shaun Reich
> It seems quite fashionable to start a project on freedesktop.org without > involving KDE and to build it using Gnome tech, then ask us to use it because > "it's a cross-desktop project". Oh yes. Apparently it's better than KDM because it's very cross-desktopy. And better. And stuff. Whatever th

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Thomas Lübking
Am Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:34:56 +0200 schrieb Martin Gräßlin : > What does power management has to do with KDM? This belongs into > powerdevil where to my knowledge it should be handled fine, if > configured correctly. I guess he means: "autosuspension from KDM", ie. w/o being logged in at all - h

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread John Layt
On Monday 13 Jun 2011 20:34:56 Martin Gräßlin wrote: > What does power management has to do with KDM? This belongs into powerdevil > where to my knowledge it should be handled fine, if configured correctly. Not sure, but I wonder if Alex means he wasn't logged in so powerdevil couldn't work? > R

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Rolf Eike Beer
Martin Gräßlin wrote: > On Monday 13 June 2011 21:10:36 Alex Fiestas wrote: > > Also, since the last Ubuntu Development Summit I started to look into > > lightDM[1] as a possible alternative (at least for my use), I event > > managed to patch kdisplaymanager.cpp to play nice with it. > > To me the

Re: KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Martin Gräßlin
On Monday 13 June 2011 21:10:36 Alex Fiestas wrote: > Hi there > > Today something happened to me again, I turn on my laptop at the begining of > a > meeting and when I needed it the battery was over because the laptop didn't > went to suspension (as I'm used). > > That makes me wonder what a

KDM plans and lightDM

2011-06-13 Thread Alex Fiestas
Hi there Today something happened to me again, I turn on my laptop at the begining of a meeting and when I needed it the battery was over because the laptop didn't went to suspension (as I'm used). That makes me wonder what are the plans for KDM in this and other regards since I haven't seen