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Idea #7027: Combine login screen with locked screen

Written by Warbo the 14 Apr 08 at 23:57. Related project: Gnome. Status: New
Rationale
A while back there were some ideas floating around on the Wiki about the login screen and the screensaver.

If I remember correctly this started it off https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ConsistentLoginScreen which discusses moving back to the login screen when input occurs during screensaver, but this seems a bad idea as it could be seen as losing the session by unknowing users.

After some thought this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnifiedLoginUnlock was made, which proposes a unified login screen for any time users need to log in (after bootup, when switching user & to unlock the screen) which seems more thorough.

Also proposed is this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FaceBrowserLogin reworking of the login screen.

I feel that with ConsoleKit, GDM3, PolicyKit and all manner of DBus going on that these are ready for some prototyping. What are people's thoughts?

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #7027
Written by Warbo the 14 Apr 08 at 23:57.
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Eldmannen wrote on the 15 Apr 08 at 00:33
I like how it currently is.

Warbo wrote on the 23 May 08 at 16:05
Looks like this is coming in GDM3 http://www.ogmaciel.com/?p=478 :D


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