Bug 36682 - kcmkdm does not cover many options
Summary: kcmkdm does not cover many options
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_kdm (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdm bugs tracker
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Keywords:
: 37043 53656 54275 102012 147969 286295 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2002-01-01 10:33 UTC by Yves Glodt
Modified: 2015-09-26 09:54 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Description Yves Glodt 2002-01-01 10:27:36 UTC
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package: kdm
Version: 2.2.2
Severity: wishlist
Installed from: suse 7.2 rpms
Compiler: gcc version 2.95.3
OS: Linux 2.4.17
OS/Compiler notes: /

Please add a possibility to set up xdmcp from the kdm Control-center 
module


The recognised values are: critical grave crash normal wishlist.
Comment 1 Unknown 2002-09-16 23:23:08 UTC
*** Bug 37043 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Oswald Buddenhagen 2003-02-08 11:34:06 UTC
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. 
 
Comment 3 Oswald Buddenhagen 2003-02-08 11:37:06 UTC
*** Bug 54275 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Oswald Buddenhagen 2003-02-08 18:14:10 UTC
*** Bug 53656 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Oswald Buddenhagen 2003-09-14 14:42:57 UTC
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 ... 
 
Comment 6 Yves Glodt 2004-01-10 17:29:04 UTC
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...
Comment 7 Oswald Buddenhagen 2007-12-15 19:04:35 UTC
still sucks
Comment 8 Oswald Buddenhagen 2007-12-15 19:05:17 UTC
*** Bug 147969 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Bernard Choppy 2007-12-16 15:47:25 UTC
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.
Comment 11 Oswald Buddenhagen 2008-04-25 20:49:53 UTC
*** Bug 102012 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Oswald Buddenhagen 2011-11-13 18:50:00 UTC
*** Bug 286295 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 13 Albert Astals Cid 2015-09-26 09:54:08 UTC
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.