[6803] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.1H: login window
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Jan 4 23:36:09 1991
From: mosquito@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 91 23:35:59 EST
System name: w20-575-95
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.1H
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
This is more of a misfeature than a bug. The timeout that tells the
login window to quit, and to exit X and deactivate the workstation,
is measured from the appearance of the login window, not the idle time.
What's wrong:
I just tried to log in, and typed my username and password, and just as I
hit return, the screen blanked and the workstation deactivated. It wasn't
crucial, but it was annoying. If this were toward the end of the term, when
every second seems to count when writing that paper, I might be more annoyed.
What should have happened:
It should not have timed out then.
I can understand not wanting the login window there forever, but chances are,
people are not going to go around hitting "z delete" every so often to
prevent it from deactivating.
