Le Tuesday 04 February 2003 10:09, Buchan Milne a �crit : > These are some features that kdm had that mdkdm (I think I still have > the packages before it was split, so I might be behind, but blame my > mirror ...) has broken > > (FYI, we use: > [bgmilne@bgmilne bgmilne]$ cat /etc/security/msec/level.local > allow_user_list(0) > [bgmilne@bgmilne bgmilne]$ > > So, I only have a username/password dialog with WM selector and 3 > buttons at the bottom.
Normal > 1)Quick login procedure, similar to windows > I normally login like this > -enter username > -[TAB] > -enter password > -[ENTER] > > At present this asks me which LILO image I want to boot into, rather > than logging me in. On every version of windows, and the previous kdm, > it would have logged me in. No it works update your package > > So, it seems I now *have* to use a mouse to be able to login. I wonder > now what happens to a user with no working mouse. Not only can they not > configure the mouse when they are logged in, but they can't even log in > .... > > 2)Lack of keyboard shortcuts > kdm had [ALT]-S;[ENTER] which would shut down the machine with no mouse > input. Win2k/winxp/winnt have similar shortcuts (after hitting > CTRL-ALT-DEL of course). I will fix it. > Feature request: > 3)On Windows, using the [TAB] key by default selects the password if it > has been entered already, whereas kdm and mdkdm both just end up with > the cursor at the beginning of the password field. IMHO, entire password > field should be selected. > > > Do I need to file these as bugs to get attention for them???? This > hasn't helped with: > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919 > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=982 I can't fix all kde bug do you create a bug in bugs.kde.org ? > Both of these bugs are still present, and in fact present in the club > RPMs for 9.0. IMHO these are serious usability issues, and regressions > from 9.0/KDE3.0.x > > (BTW, on my 9.0/KDE3.1 box this morning, the icon view would crash > konqueror, so it is now actually impossible for me to select multiple > files with konqueror. This together with the fact that kdesktop doesn't > start means KDE3.1 is actually totally unusable for me ... I will > probably revert to KDE3.0.x on 9.0). > > IMHO, time spent on mdkdm would be better spent on fixing the glaring > bugs in KDE3.1 final first ... mdkkdm is a mdk project so it's a mandrake project so I must fix it, and it's not a lose time. > > Regards, > Buchan
