Call for testing: LightDM

[Alan Bell]

On 07/06/11 09:22, Robert Ancell wrote:
>>>> This feature is just not implemented yet.  It will be in Oneiric.
>> Good to know, Robert. Are you able to say something about e.g. the
>> keyboard layout and universal access?
>>
> This is an area where I'm definitely not an expert, and your help is
> greatly appreciated here!  Most of my knowledge has come from picking
> Martin Pitt's brain and talking to others.
>
> The keyboard design as I see it is:
> - The layout is left as X sets it up
> - Selecting a user switches to the keyboard layout they have configured
> in their ~/.dmrc.  If not present, keep the default layout
~/.dmrc won't be available if encrypted home directory is used, but that 
is a detail really
> - There will be a layout switcher, which will be applied to the .dmrc so
> it is preserved on login
> - Cancelling a login will revert to the default layout
>
> The real difficulty is in making sure that I've handled all the keyboard
> config correctly.  I'm using libxklavier, I just need to know how many
> config items to save/restore correctly.
>
> With universal access the goal is "as much as we can get".  The greeter
> will probably be built with the same tech as Unity so as well as Unity.
> Ideally we'll have full AT-SPI with Orca running if required and an
> onscreen keyboard.
yeah, I would very much hope that lightdm does not introduce more 
accessibility regressions. If the greeter uses the same tech as unity 
then there might be challenges to get an on screen keyboard to type into 
it (broken in Unity at the moment - you can't type into the unity text 
input boxes from onboard)

Alan.