On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Ben Reser wrote: > As far as I know mdkkdm doesn't let you type in a user name (I haven't > tried it in a long time). That's the one thing that bugs me. I prefer > to keep the list of users displayed down but there are some users that I > want to log in as from time to time (e.g. my test user).
Well, with mdkkdm you can have either one or the other, but not both. You can get to user selections in the icon version by typing, but you can't log in as a user not in the list. > > What I've never really understood is if they wanted to simplify the DM, > why didn't they modify kdm to have such a mode, contribute it upstream > to the KDE people, and then set it as default. Anyone that doesn't like > it can simply change the mode in kcontrol... > Well, I guess they could still. IMHO adding a GUI control to the config for kdm to enable/disable/configure XDMCP would be better. > It would avoid a lot of the complaining that has happened, IMHO. While > I think mdkkdm is silly, I'm not demanding that they take it out. I'm > more than happy to change it after the install... Well, I think the point we should persue is to either: -have them address the sticking issues -decide whether it may be better to default to kdm instead of mdkkdm I think addding yet another choice to the installer is ridiculous, it's better to have sane defaults than excessive compulsory configuration steps. I actually still use mdkkdm on all my machines, my biggest complaint is the issue with the reboot dialog not showing the bootloader entries (there's also the matter of the "Login" button not reacting to the enter key after selecting a window manager), and my feature request is to have something done so the "New session" option in the KDE menu works out-the-box (ie by having /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers have reserve entries) Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
