Bug 112547

Summary:	better fade to grey effect before logout
Product:	[Unmaintained] ksmserver	Reporter:	Christoph Wiesen <cwiesen>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Lubos Lunak <l.lunak>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian stable
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Christoph Wiesen 2005-09-13 18:39:28 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.2)
Installed from:    Debian stable Packages

Please implement a better fade to grey effect during logout. Most people looking at the current one might agree it's a bit rough.

Here's a patch for a more smooth and actually good-looking effect:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=20652

There's also already a modified version for 3.4 by another person:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=22557

This has the positive side effect that even though it brings KDE up to modern standards it's still "different" from what other OS'es and DE's do (full screen fade to grey).

Hope it or something similar is considered before KDE enters a long time of no new releases.

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2005-09-14 18:27:29 UTC

The decision on whether to include this is up to the artists (note:the first version doesn't apply, only the one from the second link).

Technically: The patch manipulates QImage directly instead of using functions like qRed(), so it's very likely it has endianess problems. Moreover it does many quite large QPixmap<->QImage conversions so it's very likely slow and blocking for remote X sessions.

Comment 2 Rick 2006-04-25 06:36:32 UTC

Its not a fade its a wipe, a very slow, ugly wipe at that.

Comment 3 William Entriken 2006-08-14 06:17:11 UTC

does qt4 have a mechanism to let this be implemented in a more standard way?

Comment 4 Ian 2006-08-15 18:40:31 UTC

I think a nice blur and de-saturate would be nice.
~Ian


On 14 Aug 2006 04:17:11 -0000, Will Entriken <kde.org@phor.net> wrote:
[bugs.kde.org quoted mail]



<div>I think a nice blur and de-saturate would be nice.</div>
<div>~Ian<br><br>&nbsp;</div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 14 Aug 2006 04:17:11 -0000, <b class="gmail_sendername">Will Entriken</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:kde.org@phor.net">kde.org@phor.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
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Comment 5 Lubos Lunak 2007-11-22 17:00:13 UTC

Reassigning back to ksmserver to do something about this.

Comment 6 Lubos Lunak 2007-11-22 17:08:52 UTC

- KDE3 is now completely feature frozen, therefore the patch cannot go in.
- For KDE4, such complicated screen-scale effects should be done in the compositing manager (there already is a basic logout effect doing saturation/brightness fade, you'll be able to write another logout effect). Especially, as already mentioned, this patch has some performance issues.
Therefore closing, sorry.