Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 21:25:44 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: joelh@gnu.org, bsdhack@shadows.aeon.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Splash screen (splashkit) for 3.0 systems... Message-ID: <199801122125.OAA20388@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199801120248.NAA01045@word.smith.net.au> from "Mike Smith" at Jan 12, 98 01:18:00 pm
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> > It would seem to me that your best bet would be to consider making a > > custom version of 'getty' with libvgl, since getty is going to > > determine how idle time between logins should be handled. That's > > pretty well out of syscons's jurisdiction. > > > > Actually, making just such a thing just got put on my TODO list. > > It's a very short step from there to a semi-graphical login (eg. login > dialog rather than login/password prompt.) I could see people liking > that. They can enable it in the /etc/ttys. Heh. Reminds me. I made an xdm clone of the NeXT login screen a long time ago. It even "shook" left and right on failure. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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