kano-greeter

Python greeter for Kano OS. Uses LightDM to handle user sessions.

Installation

To install

python setup.py install

To use as the greeter, go to /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and change the greeter-session option to

greeter-session=kano-greeter

Alternatively, build the Debian package with

debuild -us -uc -b

And install by running

sudo dpkg -i <file_just_created>

Developing

Environment Setup

Copy kano-greeter.desktop to /usr/share/xgreeters

sudo cp config/kano-greeter.desktop /usr/share/xgreeters/kano-greeter-devel.desktop

Change the Exec parameter in it to the path to the executable (change the path to the cloned repo to be just that)

sudo sed -i 's|^\(Exec\=\).*|\1'`pwd`'/bin/kano-greeter|' /usr/share/xgreeters/kano-greeter-devel.desktop

Copy the LightDM config file and change the greeter to be the development one

cp /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf lightdm-devel.conf
sudo sed -i 's|^\(greeter-session\=\).*|\1kano-greeter-devel|' lightdm-devel.conf

Testing

The greeter can be run after installation, for testing, as a regular X application with

lightdm --test-mode --debug --config=/path/to/lightdm-devel.conf

This will run as an unprivileged user and skip anything that requires root permissions.

Contributing

Before undertaking a big feature, contact us to discuss features that might be useful so that you don't waste your time!

1. Fork it ( http://github.com/KanoComputing/kano-greeter/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request