Re: vlock command

Karel Zak
2012-11-15T07:53:02Z

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:44:47AM +0400, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
> 15.11.2012 03:31, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 01:26:10PM +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
> >
> >> 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?

CC: to Petr, original author of the patch.

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Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>