Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-12 Thread Michal Suchanek
On 12 April 2011 21:04, Iskren Chernev wrote: > I don't think this lengthy discussion led to any concrete answers, but I do > think that the questions are important and need such answers. > I'll try to summarize the problems that need attention: > 1. screen locking > 1.1 who is going to implement

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-12 Thread Iskren Chernev
I don't think this lengthy discussion led to any concrete answers, but I do think that the questions are important and need such answers. I'll try to summarize the problems that need attention: 1. screen locking 1.1 who is going to implement it: compositor/compositor plugin/app 1.2 inhibit locking

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-08 Thread Daniel Stone
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 06:32:29PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > 2011/4/7 Joakim Sindholt : > > Anything other than that, nobody will listen to you as you appear to be > > the last person left on the planet running a linux-based desktop without > > DBus. > > No, I am not the sole Linux user on M

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-08 Thread Matt Turner
2011/4/6 Michal Suchanek : > 2011/4/6 Joakim Sindholt : >> On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 11:42 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: >>> 2011/4/5 Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira : >>> >>> >> How will apps like mplayer/vlc/browsers-playing-videos tell the >>> >> compositor >>> >> that they are "busy" drawing and that

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-07 Thread Bill Spitzak
Michal Suchanek wrote: It's not difficult for a D-Bus service implementation to monitor for disconnection events by its clients. If mplayer crashes, wayland could easily clear out the inhibition that mplayer had installed. Which means that it works when mplayer crashes but not when it locks up

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-07 Thread Michal Suchanek
2011/4/7 Joakim Sindholt : > On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 18:04 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> 2011/4/7 Corbin Simpson : >> > 2011/4/7 Michal Suchanek : >> >> If you have some input on awesomeness of dbus which I miss I am all >> >> ears but so far nobody could point out any advantage to me when this >>

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-07 Thread Joakim Sindholt
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 18:04 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > 2011/4/7 Corbin Simpson : > > 2011/4/7 Michal Suchanek : > >> If you have some input on awesomeness of dbus which I miss I am all > >> ears but so far nobody could point out any advantage to me when this > >> topic came to the table. > >>

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-07 Thread Christopher Friedt
2011/4/7 Michal Suchanek : > This is somewhat offtopic here so I suggest that if your further input > relates only to how awesome dbus is you send it offlist. Thank-you! ___ wayland-devel mailing list wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.free

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-07 Thread Michal Suchanek
2011/4/7 Corbin Simpson : > 2011/4/7 Michal Suchanek : >> If you have some input on awesomeness of dbus which I miss I am all >> ears but so far nobody could point out any advantage to me when this >> topic came to the table. >> >> Sure, dbus likely includes a protocol for passing around the messag

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-07 Thread Corbin Simpson
2011/4/7 Michal Suchanek : > If you have some input on awesomeness of dbus which I miss I am all > ears but so far nobody could point out any advantage to me when this > topic came to the table. > > Sure, dbus likely includes a protocol for passing around the messages > but I am sure there are alre

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-07 Thread Michal Suchanek
2011/4/7 Corbin Simpson : > 2011/4/6 Michal Suchanek : >> JFYI I have a desktop environment running completely without dbus. >> That does not mean that dbus cannot or should not be used. It is just >> not as standard as the two most bloated desktop environments might >> make it seem. AFAICT dbus is

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-07 Thread Michal Suchanek
2011/4/6 Matt Hoosier : > 2011/4/6 Michal Suchanek >> >> 2011/4/6 Joakim Sindholt : >> >> JFYI I have a desktop environment running completely without dbus. >> That does not mean that dbus cannot or should not be used. It is just >> not as standard as the two most bloated desktop environments mig

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-07 Thread Michal Suchanek
On 6 April 2011 20:57, Jerome Glisse wrote: > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> On 6 April 2011 18:34, Jerome Glisse wrote: >>> 2011/4/6 Michal Suchanek : 2011/4/5 Kristian Høgsberg : > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Michal Suchanek > wrote: >> Hello,

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-07 Thread Michal Suchanek
On 7 April 2011 02:00, cat wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Michal Suchanek > wrote: >> >> On 6 April 2011 18:34, Jerome Glisse wrote: >> > 2011/4/6 Michal Suchanek : >> >> 2011/4/5 Kristian Høgsberg : >> >>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Michal Suchanek >> >>> wrote: >> Hel

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-06 Thread Corbin Simpson
2011/4/6 Michal Suchanek : > JFYI I have a desktop environment running completely without dbus. > That does not mean that dbus cannot or should not be used. It is just > not as standard as the two most bloated desktop environments might > make it seem. AFAICT dbus is just a replacement for a direct

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-06 Thread cat
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Michal Suchanek wrote: > On 6 April 2011 18:34, Jerome Glisse wrote: > > 2011/4/6 Michal Suchanek : > >> 2011/4/5 Kristian Høgsberg : > >>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Michal Suchanek > wrote: > Hello, > > what is the plan for screensave/screen

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-06 Thread Bill Spitzak
On 04/06/2011 03:00 AM, Joakim Sindholt wrote: On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 11:42 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: 2011/4/5 Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira: How will apps like mplayer/vlc/browsers-playing-videos tell the compositor that they are "busy" drawing and that the lock should NOT be engaged even t

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-06 Thread Michal Suchanek
On 6 April 2011 18:34, Jerome Glisse wrote: > 2011/4/6 Michal Suchanek : >> 2011/4/5 Kristian Høgsberg : >>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Michal Suchanek wrote: Hello, what is the plan for screensave/screenlocker support in wayland? The support in X is a fail in severa

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-06 Thread Jerome Glisse
2011/4/6 Michal Suchanek : > 2011/4/5 Kristian Høgsberg : >> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Michal Suchanek wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> what is the plan for screensave/screenlocker support in wayland? >>> >>> The support in X is a fail in several ways. >> >> It sure is.  The plan for Wayland is tha

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-06 Thread Matt Hoosier
2011/4/6 Michal Suchanek > 2011/4/6 Joakim Sindholt : > > On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 11:42 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > >> 2011/4/5 Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira : > >> > >> >> How will apps like mplayer/vlc/browsers-playing-videos tell the > compositor > >> >> that they are "busy" drawing and that

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-06 Thread Michal Suchanek
2011/4/6 Joakim Sindholt : > On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 11:42 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> 2011/4/5 Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira : >> >> >> How will apps like mplayer/vlc/browsers-playing-videos tell the compositor >> >> that they are "busy" drawing and that the lock should NOT be engaged even >> >>

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-06 Thread Joakim Sindholt
On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 11:42 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > 2011/4/5 Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira : > > >> How will apps like mplayer/vlc/browsers-playing-videos tell the compositor > >> that they are "busy" drawing and that the lock should NOT be engaged even > >> though there hasn't been any key

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-06 Thread Michal Suchanek
2011/4/5 Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira : >> How will apps like mplayer/vlc/browsers-playing-videos tell the compositor >> that they are "busy" drawing and that the lock should NOT be engaged even >> though there hasn't been any keyboard/mouse activity for long stretches?  As >> compared to "default

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-06 Thread Michal Suchanek
2011/4/5 Kristian Høgsberg : > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Michal Suchanek wrote: >> Hello, >> >> what is the plan for screensave/screenlocker support in wayland? >> >> The support in X is a fail in several ways. > > It sure is.  The plan for Wayland is that the lock screen is just part > of t

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-05 Thread Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira
2011/4/5 Friar > 2011/4/5 Kristian Høgsberg > >> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Michal Suchanek >> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > what is the plan for screensave/screenlocker support in wayland? >> > >> > The support in X is a fail in several ways. >> >> It sure is. The plan for Wayland is that

Fwd: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-05 Thread Friar
2011/4/5 Kristian Høgsberg > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Michal Suchanek > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > what is the plan for screensave/screenlocker support in wayland? > > > > The support in X is a fail in several ways. > > It sure is. The plan for Wayland is that the lock screen is just part

Re: wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-05 Thread Kristian Høgsberg
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Michal Suchanek wrote: > Hello, > > what is the plan for screensave/screenlocker support in wayland? > > The support in X is a fail in several ways. It sure is. The plan for Wayland is that the lock screen is just part of the compositor. There are no problems wit

wayland screen locker and security in general

2011-04-05 Thread Michal Suchanek
Hello, what is the plan for screensave/screenlocker support in wayland? The support in X is a fail in several ways. First off there is no way to select all events. While you can spy on mouse position or key events you can't spy on mouse events so the screensaver activates when only mouse buttons