Bug 17716

Summary:	kdm should support windowing.
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdm	Reporter:	Ari Orre <ari.orre>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Ari Orre 2000-12-26 21:24:04 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package: kdm
Version: 2.01
Severity: wishlist
Installed from: source

At Login X window background image may contain login instructions.
So It would be nice if kdm login window supported
 "iconify" feature or window managers so that whole screen could be visible.

(submitted via bugs.kde.org)

Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2001-01-12 19:51:35 UTC

what you are requesting is _really_ hard to do as at the time kdm
shows the login dialog (=outside a session) no window manager is running.

note that kdm has a new option to place the login dialog at arbitrary
positions so you can adjust the position according to the background -
it's unlikely that the instructions fill the whole screen.

best regards

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Comment 2 Oswald Buddenhagen 2002-10-25 06:50:09 UTC

*** Bug 31959 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Oswald Buddenhagen 2007-06-25 16:26:10 UTC

i decided not to implement full windowing support.
in kde4 however, you will be able to drag around the dialog windows at least.
various screensaver-related options should "fix" the remaining cases.