Bug 230977

Summary:	patch to enable x11-misc/slim to perform autologin
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Nicola <ben.vighy>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Desktop Misc. Team <desktop-misc>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	coldwind
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	The ebuild the autologin patch

Description Nicola 2008-07-06 19:50:05 UTC

I made this patch that, with a simple hack, adds the auto-login feature to slim (with both pam enabled and disabled).

I also created an ebuild to let the user chose weather apply the patch or not.

Please test :)

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Nicola 2008-07-06 19:50:49 UTC

Created attachment 159721 [details]
The ebuild

Comment 2 Nicola 2008-07-06 19:51:36 UTC

Created attachment 159723 [details, diff]
the autologin patch

Comment 3 Santiago M. Mola (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-06 21:07:32 UTC

Nicola, send the patch to the authors, please.

Comment 4 Nicola 2008-07-07 18:42:32 UTC

yep I will! 
but I don't know how to behave, is there an explicit netiquette for this?
should I write them an e-mail or post the patch on berlios, in the patch section of the project?

Comment 5 Santiago M. Mola (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-07 19:16:35 UTC

(In reply to comment #4)
> yep I will! 
> but I don't know how to behave, is there an explicit netiquette for this?
> should I write them an e-mail or post the patch on berlios, in the patch
> section of the project?
> 

Use their bug/patch tracker. When they have not a tracker they usually tell in their README or homepage where to report bugs and send patches (a mailing list or author's email).

Comment 6 Santiago M. Mola (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-08 09:17:27 UTC

Closing. I hope you've been lucky with slim's upstream ;-)

Comment 7 Nicola 2008-09-27 17:03:41 UTC

Yep! :) they adapted it :) thanks