| Summary: | kcmkdm does not cover many options | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] systemsettings | Reporter: | Yves Glodt <yg> |
| Component: | kcm_kdm | Assignee: | kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INTENTIONAL | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | aacid, choppy, dagmar-wieland, e9525103, ljubomir.simin, peter, rolf.dubitzky, wstephenson |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | openSUSE | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
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Description
Yves Glodt
2002-01-01 10:27:36 UTC
*** Bug 37043 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** i'm making this bug a catchment basin for all "kcmkdm doesn't do this or that" reports. the current design of kcontrol makes extending kcmkdm even further not feasible, so it has to wait. *** Bug 54275 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 53656 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** the usability team has decided, that the generic kdm control module shouldn't be extended with options not relevant for typical users, as this only causes confusion. a separate administration tool is being considered, but that's another story ... Well IMHO this is a strange decision in terms of usability... If a software has certain features, why not make them configurable all in one place? e.g. by simply adding an xdmcp tab to the kcm. There could still be a warning label saying that these options are not relevant for single-user use. Anyway this kcm requires root-access, so normal kde-desktop users in the will never see them... Right now people must edit rc files by hand, and this is not really a usability plus... still sucks *** Bug 147969 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** threads concerning this issue: http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=98605492227644&w=2 http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-usability&m=109508274418807&w=2 http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-usability&m=111945519220323&w=2 Ok, I follow the duplicate, but I haven't seen anything here concerning what I wish. So I repost it here... Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.7) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Linux It's possible to configure the state of the NumLock key under /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc in specifying "NumLock=On" under the "[X-*-Greeter]" section. Unfortunately, under kcontrol, I never found a GUI component to switch it on and off. I think a checkbox could be added under the first tab (Appearance) or under the last one (Commodities - Oh, I'm not sure of the tab names because I use a french version). Strangely enough, when "NumLock=On" is activated under kdmrc, I lose the NumLock immediately after login in kdm, whereas the "numlock state when KDE starts" is setup as "leave state" under kcontrol/peripherials/keyboard. *** Bug 102012 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 286295 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** kdm reached it's end of life with Plasma 4, whose last bugfix release was last August 2015, we are sorry we did not get to implement this wish. We encourage you to try Plasma 5 and its recommended display manager SDDM and it's control module kcm_ssdm. If you think your wish still applies to SDDM and/or kcm_ssdm please do not hesitate to add it. Sorry again we could not process your wish. |