March 2005
Beginner to intermediate
342 pages
15h 55m
English
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Chapter 3, Login Managers
#20 Scrap X11 for Fancy Login Consoles
HACK
No matter which method you choose for launching a second
or third user desktop session, you probably want to keep
your current session protected. Configure the screensaver for
your favorite desktop environment or window manager to
lock the screen and require a password to get back to work.
When someone else wants to log in with a separate desktop
session, start the screensaver (thus locking out anyone with-
out your password) before you allow her to log in on the
next virtual terminal.
HACK
#20
Scrap X11 for Fancy Login Consoles Hack #20
Qingy is an attractive replacement for X Windows-based graphical login
managers such as XDM, GDM, and KDM.
Qingy is an alternative login screen developed by Michele Noberasco (http://
qingy.sourceforge.net/news.php). Qingy uses the graphical frame-buffer con-
sole capability in Linux to paint an attractive and powerful session login
screen on one or more virtual terminals. Unlike XDM, GDM, and KDM,
Qingy does not use X11. Despite this, Qingy has as many features as these
traditional graphical login screens, if not more (see the sidebar, “Frame-
Buffer Versus X11 Graphics”). You can choose your preferred session type,
such as KDE, GNOME, WindowMaker, Fluxbox, or just a text console.
You can include buttons on the Qingy login screen that will start the screen-
saver, put your computer in sleep mode, ...
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