Created attachment 64184 [details] Screenshot of my display layout Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.6.2) OS: Linux Manually forwarded from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase-workspace/+bug/688282 Problem still resided in Kubuntu 11.04 Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace Using Kubuntu 10.10 My primary display is the build-in display of the notebook. The secondary display is an external display, plugged by a displayport cable. The primary display is on right hand side, the secondary display on the left hand side. -> See also the attached screenshot to understand my screen layout. After poweron, the position of the mousepointer stays initially on the left display, which is the secondary one. To type in my name and password, I have to move the mouse to the primary display, what is a littles uncomfortable (as far as a pointing device is available). My video card is NVidia and I have configured dual head as Twin-View (to have composing). In Kubuntu 9.04, 9.10 and 10.04 there was no need to move the mouse. But I cannot remember the initially position of the mousepointer after poweron. I'll also attach my xorg.conf Joe. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Just have the above described display configuration. Power on the system and try to enter your login credentials. Actual Results: No keyboard strokes are going to the login dialog until the mouse is moved to the right screen. Expected Results: The keyboard strokes should going to the login dialog, regardless were the mouse pointer has been placed (this was the behaviour until Kunbuntu 10.04). Version of the proprietary Nvidia graphic driver is actually 270.41.06. (Nouvou unfortunally not working because the big display is connected via Display Port).
Created attachment 64185 [details] xorg.conf
I am not sure if kdm can decide which screen is the "primary" (i.e. the one with cursor), or if this is determined by X. The cursor is correctly centered for the right screen, but displayed on the left.
did you try the GreeterScreen option in kdmrc?
It works for me, thanx! (Kubuntu 12.04, KDE 4.8.5) Note: # The screen the greeter should be displayed on in multi-headed and Xinerama # setups. The numbering starts with 0. For Xinerama, it corresponds to the # listing order in the active ServerLayout section of XF86Config; -1 means # to use the upper-left screen, -2 means to use the upper-right screen. # Default is 0 GreeterScreen=-1
KDM is unmaintained and not used in KDE Plasma 5. SDDM is the login manager used in KDE Plasma 5. If you still have this same issue with SDDM, please file an issue on the SDDM bugtracker (after doing a search for existing issues first!): https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/