Thanks. Version mentioned in post #180 does start/restart dropbear and report its total memory usage. It does not, however, display number of client (not that I would care).

In addition that gconf for power button behaviour I mentioned before, here's another "mimic the behaviour of original systemui" feature request: Catch and suppress input device events (namely mouse press/release events) when the screen is off but not locked. Right now, if the screen is dimmed but not locked, tapping the screen to turn it on can potentially close running application or worse.