[Spice-devel] linux vdagent progress report

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 09/20/2010 08:14 AM, Yaniv Kaul wrote:
> On 2010-09-20 07:53, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've been making good progress with the linux vdagent this weekend
>> (I've been hacking on it during FUDcon).
>>
>> It now fully supports client mouse mode without the need to
>> specify the resolution the guest xorg is running at whent
>> starting it, and it will automatically adjust to guest
>> xorg resolution changes.
>>
>> It also supports the monitorconfig command, so
>> spicec -fauto-conf
>>
>> Now works as advertised when connection to a Linux guest
>> (if it is running the agent).
>>
>> To Do:
>> -capabilities negotiation (easy)
>> -cut and paste (once it is clear how that is supposed to work)
>> -security (between the vdagent daemon and the vdagent xorg client)
>
> What about:
> - disabling the screen saver

This is desktop environment specific

> - disabling the wallpaper

This too

> - disabling some effects (important over WAN)

This too

I've been thinking about adding a plugin frame
work to the xorg client part, where we can have
a gnome and kde plugin, etc. But the is all
nice to have and not high prio IMHO.

> etc.?
>
> - logging to a file might be useful as well.

That indeed is one to add to the todo list

Regards,

Hans