On 3/8/06, Chris Tyler <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 23:44 -0500, fedora-test-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > > > Though recently, it seems that certain people > > http://blog.fubar.dk/?p=63 > > are thinking about how to solve the problems associated with multiple > > concurrent "console" user policy via dbus. Its a long blog post and > > it will confuse you, as it continues to confuse me, until you are > > comfortable in dbus messaging syntax. > > > I'm concerned that we're thinking too small here. There's more to this > that multiple users on the console VTs... > > - multiseat systems (several video cards/keyboards/monitors on one box - > we're seeing more of this now that we have X11R7) > - VNC and NX remote users > - LTSP > - housewide multimedia systems > > Each of these are entangled with the console ownership issues. For > example: > > - in a multiseat system, different parts of the local hardware may be in > use by users in the different seats. Any of the users might want to use > the disc burner or mount a CD. The user on X0 may be using /dev/snd/*C1* > while the user on X1 may be using /dev/snd/*C2* and the user on X2 may > be using /dev/snd/*C0*. And I won't even get into flash drives :-O > > - in a housewide multimedia system, perhaps the console user should only > get ownership of /dev/snd/*C0* while /dev/snd/*C[1-9]* remain owned by > the whole-home multimedia app, which uses them to pipe sound into other > rooms. > > - LTSP and NX users may want sound to be redirected through some virtual > sound device to their remote system. The ownership of that virtual > device will follow different rules than the ownership of the console > devices. > > We need a table of which hardware is associated which which user ID and > which X display (whether local or remote) and a way of expressing rules > of arbitrary complexity for how the table entries are to be updated. > This table should be used not only to set ownership and permissions, but > also to enable applications to use the right device, e.g., send sound to > the correct sound card, display an icon for a new flash drive on the > right desktop, open a DVD player app on the right screen when a disc is > inserted. Chris, I totally agree with you. I raised similar concerns years ago on the XFree86 list and others. Not sure which lists these ideas should be discussed on. Maybe here: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg Miles -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list