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More recent NewsOctober 21, 2003
Released qingy version 0.2.3:
Ebuild is here.
Version 0.2.2 is already in Gentoo's Portage (moved under under sys-apps).
And 0.2.1 is marked stable ;-)
Released qingy version 0.2.3:
| - | Now qingy locks vt switching when it enters DirectFB mode. So it no longer crashes when you switch VT while it is starting. |
| - | No longer necessary to use a seed file to select a random theme (you can safely remove file /etc/qingy/seed if it exists). |
| - | Added support for text mode sessions (just add your session script in /etc/qingy/sessions). |
| - | Moved themes directory to /etc/qingy/themes (note that you do not need to change your /etc/qingy/settings). |
| - | Added some code to allow restarting of gpm even if it was stopped by a previous session of qingy (that crashed ;-P). |
| - | Removed --silent option. Now qingy is silent by default. If you still want to get diagnostic messages on stderr you have to use the --verbose option. |
| - | Added photo screen saver (it displays a slide show of photos). |
| - | Added option SCREEN_SAVER to config file. You can specify pixel or photo to select which screen saver you want. |
| - | Added option IMAGES_PATH to config file. Use it to specify a directory containing images to use with photo screen saver. Note: you can specify more than one path by putting several IMAGES_PATH lines into the config file. |
| - | No longer necessary to start qingy in the first 12 ttys. |
| - | Added support for comments is config file. |
| - | A surprise now awaits the rightful master ;-) |
| - | The usual minor fixes and clean ups. |
Version 0.2.2 is already in Gentoo's Portage (moved under under sys-apps).
And 0.2.1 is marked stable ;-)
September 29, 2003
Just released version 0.2.2:
Ebuild is here.
Version 0.2.1 is already in Gentoo's Portage (under x11-misc).
Just released version 0.2.2:
| - | Starting X sessions for users with a shell other than bash should no longer fail with strange errors (this occurred at least with tcsh) |
| - | added support for selecting a random theme at startup (just use 'random' as theme name) |
| - | added support for screen savers |
| - | added a (first and simple) screen saver: pixel. Just a small pixel jumping around the screen... |
| - | added option to select which framebuffer device to use |
| - | updated text mode login for increased security |
| - | no longer necessary to create a /etc/directfbrc file: now qingy creates automatically file /etc/directfbrc.qingy (thus other DirectFB apps are unaffected) with hopefully the proper resolution already detected. Note: you need the 'fbset' program for this. |
Version 0.2.1 is already in Gentoo's Portage (under x11-misc).
September 1, 2003
Bugfix release 0.2.1:
Ebuild is here.
Bugfix release 0.2.1:
| - | Correctly changes tty ownership |
| - | Hopefully solves PAM issues |
| - | Added option to close DirectFB mode before shutting down, so that you can see your system shutdown messages |
| - | Added option for hiding last user name |
| - | Added option for hiding password chars completely |
| - | Now ENTER in username field pass control to password |
| - | Now qingy reverts back to text mode login if something goes wrong with DirectFB |
| - | Message Login failed now appears for 2 seconds |
| - | Various fixes and clean ups (memory leaks, allocation failures...) |
July 18, 2003
Just released version 0.2, that sports:
Ebuild is here.
Just released version 0.2, that sports:
| - | PAM authentication support |
| - | new --silent option to avoid diagnostic messages on stderr |
July 9, 2003
A new version, already (0.1.1)! This one has:
Ebuild is here.
A new version, already (0.1.1)! This one has:
| - | Full theme support |
| - | Different default theme (ant) |
