* Matthew A. Nicholson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) disait : > Hmm rhgb is a nice peice of software, it seems they have a list of things > that happen built into the software that are announced as they happen. A > quick glance over the source reveals a client/server arch in which the rhgb > server is started and then starts X, upon which time gtk is used to do > pretty stuff. Pretty intresting.
Yes, but if you look at the README file in the cvs source tree of rhgb, you'll find an interesting notice * rhgb-cvs/README > ISSUES: > > There is no local security, really. It's quite possible for anyone > during the boot process to talk to either the X server, or send random > requests to the rhgb binary. > > [...] > > Totally insecure protocol. Clean up the code a bit. Even if I agree on the point that rhgb has some important drawbacks, I like the main idea behind. To conclude about rhgb, it seems that it has a nice set of pretty interesting ideas implemented inside, but with some serious drawbacks : - a lack of scalability/tuning with configuration files. - a big security hole. But it has a nice concept : - setting up a Vesa X server and use a minimal client to print some stuff on it. Do you think it would be a good idea to start some work with rhgb and SystemService ? > I myself am very intrested in something like this: > > http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog/2003/Sep/27 Is there some code to look at ? That looks to be only a blog entry... > For a init rewrite for desktop use to be done properly it must support > things like: > > * Alerting the user that new hardware was added to the system *after* boot > and login. > > * Announcing it's actions and progress as it goes. > > * Handling boot failures gracefully. > > * Looking good, or not. > > * Single userish mode for failure recovery. Pretty agree with you :) To me, one important point for the Debian community would be to allow a simple way to disable the graphic bootup system. > RHGB is nice, but it does not fill all of those needs, not that it would be > a bad thing to have in debian or anything... Yep, and to you, would it be hard to hack rhgb to fit our needs ? ;-) (I'm pretty excited in contributing on this). -- Alexis Sukrieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Another Linux Debian Geek Enthusiast * http://www.sukria.net -* La citation de Dame Synchronicit� *- La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien � ajouter, mais quand il ne reste rien � enlever. -+- Antoine de Saint-Exup�ry (1900-1944) -+-
