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Make Fake Phablet Greeter a Real One

Registered by Michael Terry on 2013-12-01

The current phablet greeter is a fake in-user-process screen. To enable features like passwords or pin, we need to split the greeter out into a separate process that can be driven by LightDM.

Blueprint information

Status:: Complete

Approver:: Michał Sawicz

Priority:: Undefined

Drafter:: Michael Terry

Direction:: Needs approval

Assignee:: Michael Terry

Definition:: Superseded

Series goal:: Proposed for trusty

Implementation:: Slow progress

Milestone target:: None

Started by: Michael Terry on 2013-12-02

Completed by: Michael Terry on 2015-04-13

Related branches

Related bugs

Bug #915253: Synchronise mute and volume between lightdm and respective user sessions	Fix Released
Bug #1256702: [enhancement] Allow a Mir nested server to have a transparent background	Fix Released
Bug #1256810: [enhancement] Allow a unity8-specific animation between greeter and session	Won't Fix
Bug #1265528: Share ring tone with greeter via AccountsService	Fix Released

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Work Items

Work items:
[mterry] Investigate what needs to be done to receive calls / texts: DONE
[mterry] Run upstart session with ofono-setup in greeter: DONE
[mterry] Implement contact lookup via AccountsService: DONE
[mterry] Only have active session play ring tone: DONE
[mterry] Figure out how transitions to and from greeter will behave: DONE
[mterry] Implement dbus-app-launch DBus API: DONE
[mterry] Implement user list DBus API (from desktop greeter): DONE

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