OpenPGP card +Lock screen -- possible???

[Edward Robinson]

Hi Rudolf,


Unfortunately lshal is the same when I plug the card in or take it out, 
nothing changes.  I did a diff on the outputs to be sure.

Any other thoughts??

Cheers,

Edd


Rudolf Deilmann wrote:
> Am Mon, 19 May 2008 12:52:29 +0100
> schrieb Edward Robinson <eddrobinson at gmail.com>:
> 
> Hi Edward,
> 
>> Does anyone know if it is possible to use my openpgp smart card as a
>> way of locking my screen on my gnome / debian lenny distro?  I was
>> thinking it would be nice if on removal of my smart card the
>> gnome-screensaver kicked in.  I am not fussed about using it to
>> unlock again (I have a fingerprint reader for that).
>>
>> I guess really the simplest way would be if it was possible to run
>> scripts on removal of the card, that way I could just write a script
>> to launch the screensaver.
> 
> It should be possible with ivman.
> Just compare the output of 'lshal' before and after you plugged in
> your smart card; and then add according entries to IvmConfigActions.xml:
> <ivm:Match name="hal.XXX" value="TTTT">
>   <ivm:Match name="hal.YYY" value="ZZZZ">
>    <ivm:Option name="execun" value="xscreensaver-command -lock" />
>   </ivm:Match>
> </ivm:Match>
> 
> 
> Btw, there is http://www.pamusb.org/ - but it works with usb sticks. 
> And it's a little bit offtopic here.