Bug 280422 - Keyboard not functional in KDM when connecting to remote computer with ALT-R (or switch to local login with ALT-L)
Summary: Keyboard not functional in KDM when connecting to remote computer with ALT-R ...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 338018
Alias: None
Product: kdm
Classification: Miscellaneous
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdm bugs tracker
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Reported: 2011-08-19 13:25 UTC by T Bubeck
Modified: 2014-12-16 12:58 UTC (History)
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Description T Bubeck 2011-08-19 13:25:04 UTC
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.5) 
OS:                Linux

If you run KDM and switch with "Menu" to the "Remote login" (or pressing ALT-R)
then you should be able to enter a computer name into the text field. But the
keyboard is not working at all. This is not a focus problem. If you switch back
to "Local Login" (or pressing ALT-L) then you are not able to enter a password
or username. Keyboard is now "broken".

The same is true if you boot KDM with LoginMode=DefaultRemote in
/etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc and switch to "local login" with ALt-L in KDM. No keyboard
is working to enter username or password. Clicking into the username or
password field will not allow keyboard either. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora
2. Enter DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE into /etc/sysconfig/desktop
   to use KDM instead of GDM
3. reboot
4. Press ALT-R in KDM for remote login
   Press ALT-L in KDM for local login
5. No way to enter username or password into fields.

Actual Results:  
No way to enter username or password

Expected Results:  
Ability to enter it.

Bug is also reported to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731936
Comment 1 Volker Kuhlmann 2014-08-04 07:02:42 UTC
Confirmed for openSUSE 12.3, kdm-4.10.5-1.119.1.x86_64
There are other keyboard input problems too.
Comment 2 Wolfgang Bauer 2014-12-16 12:58:06 UTC
There's a general issue with input focus in kdm's dialogs. See the other bug report for a workaround.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 338018 ***