korny
September 4th, 2010, 06:10 AM
Hi folks,
I'm setting up a media PC, mostly running xbmc, but I also want to be able to use the desktop for basic stuff - simple webapps etc.
Generally, I don't want to have to plug in a keyboard for anything - I have a wireless mouse (and I'm hoping to get a wiimote working, though that's a whole different set of problems) and I'd like to do as much as possible with just the mouse.
It seams easystroke and gesture recognition is a great way to do some of what I want. But I'm trying to work out how to log in in the first place... I'm not a big fan of automatic login, but I also don't want to have to plug in the keyboard to log in. Is there some way to get easystroke to operate at login? I could run the onscreen keyboard at login, but that can be pretty painful for entering non-trivial passwords. I'd prefer some way to program a (reasonably obscure) gesture that logs me in automatically.
I *have* found that I can get easystroke to enter a password in the password lockout screen on the screensaver - but it shows my password in plain-text on the gui, so that's not a great option either.
It's possible I'm asking for something impossible :) Any suggestions, anyone? It doesn't really need to be gesture recognition - I just want some way to log in (and ideally also unlock from the screen saver) with reasonable security, but without a keyboard...
- Korny
I'm setting up a media PC, mostly running xbmc, but I also want to be able to use the desktop for basic stuff - simple webapps etc.
Generally, I don't want to have to plug in a keyboard for anything - I have a wireless mouse (and I'm hoping to get a wiimote working, though that's a whole different set of problems) and I'd like to do as much as possible with just the mouse.
It seams easystroke and gesture recognition is a great way to do some of what I want. But I'm trying to work out how to log in in the first place... I'm not a big fan of automatic login, but I also don't want to have to plug in the keyboard to log in. Is there some way to get easystroke to operate at login? I could run the onscreen keyboard at login, but that can be pretty painful for entering non-trivial passwords. I'd prefer some way to program a (reasonably obscure) gesture that logs me in automatically.
I *have* found that I can get easystroke to enter a password in the password lockout screen on the screensaver - but it shows my password in plain-text on the gui, so that's not a great option either.
It's possible I'm asking for something impossible :) Any suggestions, anyone? It doesn't really need to be gesture recognition - I just want some way to log in (and ideally also unlock from the screen saver) with reasonable security, but without a keyboard...
- Korny