Version: (using KDE KDE 3.3.92) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux Via apt (gwdg server) i installed the latest beta version (....3.3.92-1_1586 SuSE RPM's). When booting straight into runlevel 5 the kdm login manager comes up but it is impossible to type in anything via the keyboard (although the mouse is working). When passing the login dialog the keyboard is also not working in kde. The workarounds are - to launch into runlevel 3 and then to launch kdm - use another manager (gdm or xdm) Checking the existing bugs i noticed the common error about vt7, but i have a vt7 call in my .Xservers file and i have also a ServerVTs=-7 call in my kdmrc file. Note that several other people reported the same error on SuSE's suse-kde@suse.com mailing list.
this _has_ to be the same problem. you probably have several kdmrc files and kdm uses "the other one". suse makes a mess of this for years. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 91395 ***
OK this solved it /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc contained the line ServerVTs=-7 in section GENERAL. /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc did not and was used. Symlinking the first to the last solved the issue. Still this seems to be a weak point (given murphy's law that says that when something can go wrong it will go wrong). Can KDE remove the possibility?
> Can KDE remove the possibility? > no. the default config generated by kde just works. if suse screws up the packages, i don't care. i told them three years ago, two years ago, etc. if they maintain that doing some black magic instead of just using upstream upgrade tools is better for backwards compatibility with some ancient suse release, it is _their_ [customers'] problem, _not_ mine.
Hmmmm, that's very unsatisfying for customers like me, but I have to give full acknowledge to you.
*** Bug 99068 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 99105 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
same conditions and same problems but aren't solved symlinking the kdmrc. In boot.smg i found "Failed services in runlevel 5: kbd" and the error is "putfont: PIO_FONT: Invalid argument"
I have the same situation as Gianluigi
actually it seems like suse already fixed the problem (and the next one too 99093) - just download another 150MB... Anyway - problems like this will make me use more Debian and Gentoo...
To Elmar For may opinon these problems are not the cornerstone for refusing to use SuSE
@Elmar, do you get this problem with a stable KDE, or just the betas? If stable, the official packages, or 3.3.2? Betas are not meant to work perfectly, so if you want that, use debian stable.