Re: vlock command

Alexey Gladkov
2012-11-15T06:44:53Z

15.11.2012 03:31, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 01:26:10PM +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 03:04:56PM +0400, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
>>> We have another version of vlock, which is being supported by Dmitry
>>> V. Levin.
>>>
>>> http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/vlock.git
>>
>> Alexey, just today I added --erase option to Fedora version. Maybe
>> you can apply the patch below to your repository too. Author of the
>> patch is Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com>.
>
> The first vlock RFE for ages! Alexey, please apply.

Dmitry, I mistakenly did not add you in the Cc. I wrote Karel that
similar functionality you have already implemented.
Here is my answer:

> On closer look I found out that the my version of vlock already erases
> display if we are on the virtual console:
>
> http://git.altlinux.org/people/legion/packages/kbd.git?p=kbd.git;a=blob;f=src/vlock/screen.c;h=720d880080f9030553a32d625756b5e30c6d4266;hb=768b8c314e1d3c465d895b206da4aa4543914d1d#l37
>
> http://git.altlinux.org/people/legion/packages/kbd.git?p=kbd.git;a=blob;f=src/vlock/vt.c;h=50746de238f5acc231d2ffef8a5604dfbef3cfad;hb=768b8c314e1d3c465d895b206da4aa4543914d1d#l194
>
> As I understand you want a similar functionality. Is this enough for
> you, or you want to be able to clear the display regardless of conditions?

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