Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:17:43 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > >> I've also run into the problem with slowkeys automatically turning >> itself on when I hold the shift key too long, as described in >> >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657969 >> >> It isn't clear to me why the display manager has anything to do with >> this, > > Well, it makes sense because the login manager is in charge of setting up > some basic pre-environmental values, like keyboard layout or mouse > options. > >> but apparently the solution is to use gconf-editor to disable it in >> gdm3. > > Yup, or so it says the bug report. > >> If I start up gconf-editor, I don't see any configuration options for >> gdm3 nor simple-greeting. So far I've tried >> >> gconf-editor >> sudo gconf-editor >> sudo -u Debian-gdm gconf-editor > > Mmm... are you on Squeezy or testing?
testing. gconf-editor is version 3.0.1-1 gdm3 is version 3.4.1-2 > Anyway, you should run "gconfig-editor" from your current user and in the > event you can't locate the key, you can search for "simple-greeter" (no > "simple-greeting"). Didn't turn up in the search. >> (I should note that gdm actually runs as root on my system -- so I'm not >> sure what the Debian-gdm user is actually for?) > > AFAIK, there's no need to play with that. > >> My question, of course, is "what am I missing"? What do I need to do to >> make gdm3 configuration visible in gconf-editor? > > You can also try using the command line, e.g.,: > > First, to retrieve the current value: > > gconftool-2 -g > /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/settings-manager-plugins/a11y-keyboard/active Reported no such key was set > And then you can disable with: > > gconftool-2 -s -t bool > /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/settings-manager-plugins/a11y-keyboard/active false snowball:504$ gconftool-2 -u /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/settings-manager-plugins/a11y-keyboard/active snowball:505$ gconftool-2 -g /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/settings-manager-plugins/a11y-keyboard/active No value set for `/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/settings-manager-plugins/a11y-keyboard/active' snowball:506$ gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/settings-manager-plugins/a11y-keyboard/active false snowball:507$ gconftool-2 -g /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/settings-manager-plugins/a11y-keyboard/active false But it still sets it when I hold the shift key for a while. Also tried with sudo just for good measure; still no luck. > THT. > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón -- "Erwin, have you seen the cat?" -- Mrs. Shroedinger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1bzk5zoody....@pfeifferfamily.net