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. 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. 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). 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 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 ... Regards, Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| 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
