21 Jan
2012
21 Jan
'12
6:06 p.m.
On Saturday 21 January 2012 17:36:29 Calvin Morrison wrote:
Hello Calvin,
Whilst I agree that implementing SAK is probably a Good Idea (tm) I think
that
the implementation may need a bit of a rethink.
<snip>
Thank you for your detailed posts earlier. 3.5.13 was rushed out and it
does contain some serious bugs. Many of these bugs have been rectified in
GIT and will be included in R14.0.0, which will be a primarily bugfix
release with very few new features.
Regarding kdm_greet high CPU usage, that bug has nothing to do with the
SAK support, which is why disabling the SAK did not resolve your problem.
The SAK system has been tested on headless systems, where it automatically
disables itself so that remote logins can still take place.
The kdm_greet bug has been addressed here:
http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=690
The high CPU usage was due to a KDM control pipe polling too often and has
been fixed in GIT.
Tim
Whilst
this new Ctrl/Alt/Del 'feature' may have seemed like a 'Good
Idea'
at
the time it was not one of the original features of KDE3 and
significantly changes its behaviour. However, it was precisely
because I
wanted retain the
original KDE behaviour that I switched to Trinity in the first place.
If you would like the original behaviour of KDE3.5 the code is still
available from 2008. Improvements have been made. This new
CTRL+ALT+DELETE
features is a great security enhancement. We are the only linux desktop
that supports the SAK (secure attention key) system. This helps prevent
the
computer being hijacked by a program with malicious intent. It is easy
to
disable anyhow, if you wish to remain insecure.
Now whilst I have to admit that my first post to this list has been
rather
critical I'd like to emphasise that I'm
not trying to flame anyone
here;
far
from it in fact. So far, Trinity has been a godsend to me, enabling
me
to carry on working how _I_ want to work, for
which I am very
greatfull
indeed.
However, I do need to decide though, whether I'm going to be able to
continue
using it for the foreseeable future.
Welcome! Hopefully we can work out the issues to keep you here forever
:)
Calvin Morrison