>> You will only see the dialog if:
>> 1.) It is turned on in tdmrc via tdmrc:useSAK=true as you stated
>> 2.) Your system fully supports tsak; this usually means that you need to
>> load the uinput kernel module on Linux.  Trying to run
>> /opt/trinity/bin/tsak manually (as root) will give you the
>> exact reason for any failures encountered.
>
> Perhaps a couple of changes:
>
> * The What's This popup should provide the uinput information.
>
> * Whenever a user enables the SAK check box in KControl, upon pressing the
> Apply button the code should determine whether uinput is loaded. If not,
> provide an informational OK dialog that uinput needs to be loaded. If
> uinput is loaded then don't bother with a dialog.

OK, sounds reasonable, though I would rather disable the TSAK checkbox and
display a warning message next to it, in order to provide more immediate
feedback as to the state of the user's system.

> BTW, the help handbook has nothing about TSAK. Nada. :)

Probably because I still have not figured out how to use the docbook
stuff, nor do I have plans to do so. :-)

<snip>
> Summary:
>
> Lots of details here, initially looks overwhelming, but good progress
> overall. Mostly this narrows to a few issues.
>
> * Adding informational aides about uinput.
>
> * What is happening with the TSAK Lock Session dialog with why the desktop
> icons disappear, the desktop context menu
>   will not appear, and the user can't logout thereafter.
>
> * Remove the two xsession messages when logging in from the command line.
>
> * Improve housekeeping by removing tsak.lock: 1) upon a reboot (TDM should
> do this), 2) disabling TSAK from KControl.
>
> * I do not recommend automatically loading uinput for the user because
> with the next reboot the module again needs to be
>   loaded. The distros all differ with how that is accomplished. Possibly a
> nice aide would be whenever the system starts
>   and TDM detects the status of useSAK=true, and uinput is not loaded,
> perhaps an informational "OK" dialog appears
>   informing the user. The uinput requirement is just not obvious anywhere.
>
>
> Darrell

I'll start working on these ASAP...

Thanks for the detailed report!

Tim