Bug#271567: Can you disables the "locking" of the keyboard, mouse, ...

Gustavo Noronha Silva Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>, 271567@bugs.debian.org
Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:26:04 -0200


Em Qui, 2005-01-13 =C3=A0s 10:42 +0100, Javier Fern=C3=A1ndez-Sanguino Pe=
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escreveu:
> How about having this be configurable through something like=20
> /etc/gksu.conf and include a wrapper script to read it?
> That would introduce a way (since gksu does not seem to have an=20
> alternative) for average users to have the default behaviour (which is a=20
> good idea) and for users that need this option to enable it per default.
>=20
> The gtksu application could either read that or have a wrapper that (if=20
> that file contained and $OPTIONS):

Sounds good, too.

> Better solution:
> - Have gksu source a /etc/gksu.conf file directly

I can hack gksu to read the file.

> - Have gksu obtain additional configuration from user's Xdefault or throu=
gh=20
> the GNOME registry?

having it use the GNOME registry would add another dependency to gksu,
which would make non-gnome-using application maintainers unhappy, maybe

Thanks,

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