From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Timothy Sample Subject: Re: Lock screen gnome Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:48:56 -0500 Message-ID: <87tvj8b6ef.fsf@ngyro.com> References: <95058329-5b45-47d0-ad6a-0b3eb4be65cd@sloti2d2t06> <875zvvsppt.fsf@ngyro.com> <878t0ly66r.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42864) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gZzdK-0003nr-Ou for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:49:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gZzdF-0000XV-LS for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:49:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: (=?utf-8?Q?=22G=C3=A1bor?= Boskovits"'s message of "Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:43:02 +0100") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: =?utf-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor?= Boskovits Cc: Peter Baumgarten , help-guix Hi Ludo and G=C3=A1bor, G=C3=A1bor Boskovits writes: > Hello, > > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2018. de= c. 19., Sze, 14:53): >> >> Hi Timothy, >> >> Timothy Sample skribis: >> >> > Someday I would like to return to fixing GDM, but I am a bit >> > traumatized. It is a very slow and frustrating package to debug. >> > >> > 1. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-08/msg00268.html >> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-10/msg00231.html >> >> I would love to have GDM fixed for 1.0 though, because this GNOME >> screen-locking issue, among other things, is really problematic. >> >> Is there anything we can do to help or otherwise provide motivation? >> :-) >> >> Thanks, >> Ludo=E2=80=99. >> > > Yes, I also believe we need this. Along with the screen-locking > multi-monitor support and i18n support comes to mind. > > If we can help in any way, please feel free to contact us. > > Thanks, > g_bor The way I was testing it was by running it in a VM. This made testing any little idea take way too long. It would be nice to have a faster way of testing it. If anyone has any experience running a nested instance of GDM, being able to do that would be a big help. (The trade off is that figuring that out might be just as hard as fixing GDM in the first place.) Other than that, I agree that this is a critical feature. GNOME needs GDM to work smoothly, and GNOME is pretty important for wider adoption. I am happy to take another look at this (eventually!), but I do not have any particular expertise here, so if anyone else is feeling brave, they would have just as good a chance at fixing it as me. :) -- Tim