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On 12/04/2016 22:10, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 07:53:34PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 13:21:37 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>>> Oh, I had to switch to sddm for this too. You just change the setting |
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>>> from kdm to sddm and it just works. It looks different but it works |
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>>> fine. That may have carried over some settings. It selected the user |
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>>> and was ready for my password just like kdm did. Again, it looks |
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>>> different but it seems to work the same. I suspect one could adjust the |
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>>> settings, somewhere, and make it look like kdm if they wanted to. |
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>> That's because kdm is dead. I found sddm a little flakey. On my laptop it |
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>> works more or less as expected, but on my desktop, selecting reboot or |
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>> power off from the desktop drops me back to sddm without rebooting. |
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> I don't particularly like SDDM. I does not allow me to log in using just the |
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> keyboard, I always have to click into the password field after it loaded up. |
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> The field is neither active by default nor can I select it with Tab. Call it |
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> a nitpick, but even Windows lets me enter my password without a mouse. Is it |
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> a problem with my VM or can you confirm this? |
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It get it as well. But worse, it's erratic. Sometimes the password field |
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has focus on startup, sometimes now. Sometimes my usert account is |
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selected sometimes not. |
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I have a suspicion it's somehow related to whether I press Enter to |
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initiate login, or click the button with a mouse. But that takes too |
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many logouts to verify so I haven't checked :-) |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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