Bug 188148

Summary:	virtual keyboards no longer working in kdm in kde4
Product:	kdm	Reporter:	M G Berberich <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	cfeck
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description M G Berberich 2009-03-26 10:13:33 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.1)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

On a system without keyboard (like a tablet-PC), to log in one has to use a virtual keyboard like xvkbd to enter the password. This worked fine with kde3-kdm by starting xvkbd in Xsetup (and terminating it in Xstartup). With kde4-kdm this no longer works. The keyboard shows up but it's not possible to enter characters, probably because kdm prevents the virtual-keyboard to get focus.

This makes kdm 100% disfunctional on systems without keyboard like tablet-PCs (slate-type). This behaviour should at least be deactivatable.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2009-03-26 15:55:04 UTC

I can confirm this on openSUSE 11.1, the keyboard shows, but I cannot enter anything.

Comment 2 Oswald Buddenhagen 2009-04-05 19:36:35 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 164210 ***