Package: kdmtheme Version: 1.1.2-2 Severity: normal --- Please enter the report below this line. --- When kdmtheme module is selected in kcontrol, it closes without any error report. I've run an "strace -f" on kcontrol and figured out that the problem is that I don't have the file in $HOME/.kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc, so kdmtheme tries to modify /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc, which of course, cannot be written if you are not root.
If I launch "sudo kcontrol" from a terminal, then everything works fine. I suggest to create the "$HOME/.kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc" file or, better (as I suppose that when you change kdm theme you are expecting to change it for everybody, not just you as it does not have much sense), tell the user that he must be an administrator to change KDM's theme. I send the final lines of the strace below: access("/home/ivan/.kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc", R_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) munmap(0x2b39ce5a7000, 6965) = 0 munmap(0x2b39ce57a000, 184157) = 0 munmap(0x2b39cf1f4000, 143998) = 0 gettimeofday({1186226900, 678547}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1186226900, 678878}, NULL) = 0 exit_group(1) = ? Process 15227 detached --- System information. --- Architecture: amd64 Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-amd64 Debian Release: lenny/sid 500 testing security.debian.org 500 testing ftp.debian.org 500 stable ftp.debian.org --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed ==================================-+-================ kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.5-1) | 4:3.5.7.dfsg.1-1 libacl1 (>= 2.2.11-1) | 2.2.42-1 libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.16) | 2.3.19-3 libattr1 (>= 2.4.4-1) | 1:2.4.32-1.1 libaudio2 | 1.9-2+b1 libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) | 2.6-2 libfam0 | 2.7.0-12 libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0) | 2.4.2-1.2 libfreetype6 (>= 2.2) | 2.2.1-6 libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-12) | 1:4.2-20070712-1 libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0) | 1:1.0.3-2 libidn11 (>= 0.5.18) | 0.6.5-1 libjpeg62 | 6b-13 libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) | 1.2.15~beta5-2 libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.7) | 3:3.3.7-5 libsm6 | 2:1.0.3-1+b1 libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-12) | 4.2-20070712-1 libx11-6 | 2:1.0.3-7 libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2) | 1:1.1.8-2 libxext6 | 1:1.0.3-2 libxft2 (>> 2.1.1) | 2.1.12-2 libxi6 | 2:1.1.1-1 libxinerama1 | 1:1.0.2-1 libxrandr2 | 2:1.2.1-1 libxrender1 | 1:0.9.2-1 libxt6 | 1:1.0.5-3 zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1) | 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-5 kdm | 4:3.5.7-1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]