Keyboard doesn't work in KDM [solved]

[joaopa]

Hi,

 

I upgrade myMandriva 2006 with KDEe 3.5.3 from SeerOfSouls site. When I am in KDM screen, keyboard does not work. So it is impossible to enter login and password. So I can't login.

The mad story is that everything works fine with XDM. Even, I can do init 3 et startx and I lam in KDE.

So, it is a probleme with KDM.

Here is my kdmrc. I hope that helps.

For indication, I us xorg 6.9.0 update (not the cvs version)

 

Joaopa

 

my kdmrc:

 

# KDM master configuration file

#

# Definition: the greeter is the login dialog, i.e., the part of KDM

# which the user sees.

#

# You can configure every X-display individually.

# Every display has a display name, which consists of a host name

# (which is empty for local displays specified in the Xservers file),

# a colon and a display number. Additionally, a display belongs to a

# display class (which can be ignored in most cases; the control center

# does not support this feature at all).

# Sections with display-specific settings have the formal syntax

# "[X-" host [":" number [ "_" class ]] "-" sub-section "]"

# You can use the "*" wildcard for host, number and class. You may omit

# trailing components; they are assumed to be "*" then.

# The host part may be a domain specification like ".inf.tu-dresden.de".

# From which section a setting is actually taken is determined by these

# rules:

# - an exact match takes precedence over a partial match (for the host part),

# which in turn takes precedence over a wildcard

# - precedence decreases from left to right for equally exact matches

# Example: display name "myhost:0", class "dpy".

# [X-myhost:0_dpy] precedes

# [X-myhost:0_*] (same as [X-myhost:0]) precedes

# [X-myhost:*_dpy] precedes

# [X-myhost:*_*] (same as [X-myhost]) precedes

# [X-*:0_dpy] precedes

# [X-*:0_*] (same as [X-*:0]) precedes

# [X-*:*_*] (same as [X-*])

# These sections do NOT match this display:

# [X-hishost], [X-myhost:0_dec], [X-*:1], [X-:*]

# If a setting is not found in any matching section, the default is used.

#

# Every comment applies to the following section or key. Note, that all

# comments will be lost if you change this file with the kcontrol frontend.

# The defaults refer to KDM's built-in values, not anything set in this file.

#

 

[General]

# This option exists solely for the purpose of a clean automatic upgrade.

# Don't even think about changing it!

ConfigVersion=2.3

StaticServers=:0

# If the value starts with a slash (/), it specifies the file, where X-servers

# to be used by KDM are listed; the file is in the usual XDM-Xservers format.

# Otherwise it's interpreted like one line of the Xservers file, i.e., it

# specifies exactly one X-server.

# Default is ":0 local@tty1 /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7"

# XXX i'm planning to absorb this file into kdmrc, but i'm not sure how to

# do this best.

# Where KDM should store its PID. Default is "" (don't store)

PidFile=/var/run/xdm.pid

# Whether KDM should lock the pid file to prevent having multiple KDM

# instances running at once. Leave it "true", unless you're brave.

#LockPidFile=false

# Where to store authorization files. Default is /var/run/xauth

#AuthDir=/tmp

# Whether KDM should automatically re-read configuration files, if it

# finds them having changed. Just keep it "true".

#AutoRescan=false

# Additional environment variables KDM should pass on to kdm_config, kdm_greet,

# Xsetup, Xstartup, Xsession, and Xreset. LD_LIBRARY_PATH is a good candidate;

# otherwise it shouldn't be necessary very often.

#ExportList=SOME_VAR,ANOTHER_IMPORTANT_VAR

# Where the command FiFos should be created. Make it empty to disable

# the FiFos. Default is /var/run/xdmctl

#FifoDir=/tmp

# To which group the command FiFos should belong.

# Default is -1 (effectively root)

#FifoGroup=xdmctl

# The directory kdm should store persistent working data in.

# Default is /var/lib/kdm

#DataDir=/var/lib/kdm

# The directory kdm should store users' .dmrc files in. This is only needed

# if the home directories are not readable before actually logging in (like

# with AFS). Default is ""

#DmrcDir=/nfs-shared/var/dmrcs

 

ReserveServers=:1,:2,:3,:4,:5

[Xdmcp]

# Whether KDM should listen to XDMCP requests. Default is true.

Enable=false

# The UDP port KDM should listen on for XDMCP requests. Don't change the 177.

#Port=177

# File with the private keys of X-terminals. Required for XDM authentication.

# Default is ""

#KeyFile=/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmkeys

# XDMCP access control file in the usual XDM-Xaccess format.

# Default is /usr/share/config/kdm/Xaccess

# XXX i'm planning to absorb this file into kdmrc, but i'm not sure how to

# do this best.

Xaccess=/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess

# Number of seconds to wait for display to respond after the user has

# selected a host from the chooser. Default is 15.

#ChoiceTimeout=10

# Strip domain name from remote display names if it is equal to the local

# domain. Default is true

#RemoveDomainname=false

# Use the numeric IP address of the incoming connection instead of the

# host name. Use this on multihomed hosts. Default is false

#SourceAddress=true

# The program which is invoked to dynamically generate replies to XDMCP

# BroadcastQuery requests.

# By default no program is invoked and "Willing to manage" is sent.

Willing=/etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling

 

[shutdown]

# The command to run to halt the system. Default is /sbin/halt

HaltCmd=/sbin/halt

# The command to run to reboot the system. Default is /sbin/reboot

RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot

# Whether one can shut down the system via the global command FiFo.

# Default is false

#AllowFifo=true

# Whether one can abort still running sessions when shutting down the system

# via the global command FiFo. Default is true

#AllowFifoNow=false

BootManager=Lilo

 

# Rough estimations about how many seconds KDM will spend at most on

# - opening a connection to the X-server (OpenTime):

# OpenRepeat * (OpenTimeout + OpenDelay)

# - starting a local X-server (ServerTime): ServerAttempts * ServerTimeout

# - starting a display:

# - local display: StartAttempts * (ServerTime + OpenTime)

# - remote/foreign display: StartAttempts * OpenTime

 

# Core config for all displays

[X-*-Core]

# Additional arguments for the X-servers for local sessions.

# This string is subject to word splitting.

# Default is "-nolisten tcp"

ServerArgsLocal=-deferglyphs 16 -nolisten tcp

# How long to wait before retrying to start the display after various

# errors. Default is 15

#OpenDelay=

# How long to wait before timing out XOpenDisplay. Default is 120

#OpenTimeout=

# How often to try the XOpenDisplay. Default is 5

#OpenRepeat=

# Try at most that many times to start a display. If this fails, the display

# is disabled. Default is 4

#StartAttempts=

# The StartAttempt counter is reset after that many seconds. Default is 30

#StartInterval=

# Ping remote display every that many minutes. Default is 5

#PingInterval=

# Wait for a Pong that many minutes. Default is 5

#PingTimeout=

# Restart instead of resetting the local X-server after session exit.

# Use it if the server leaks memory, etc. Default is false

#TerminateServer=true

# The signal needed to reset the local X-server. Default is 1 (SIGHUP)

#ResetSignal=

# The signal needed to terminate the local X-server. Default is 15 (SIGTERM)

#TermSignal=

# Need to reset the X-server to make it read initial Xauth file.

# Default is false

#ResetForAuth=true

# Create X-authorizations for local displays. Default is true

#Authorize=false

# Which X-authorization mechanisms should be used.

# Default is MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1

#AuthNames=

# The name of this X-server's Xauth file. Default is "", which means, that

# a random name in the AuthDir directory will be used.

#AuthFile=

# Specify a file with X-resources for the greeter, chooser and background.

# The KDE frontend doesn't care for this, so you don't need it unless you

# use an alternative chooser or another background generator than kdmdesktop.

# Default is ""

Resources=/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources

# The xrdb program to use to read the above specified recources.

# Default is /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb

#Xrdb=

# A program to run before the greeter is shown. You should start kdmdesktop

# there. Also, xconsole can be started by this script.

# Default is ""

Setup=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0

# A program to run before a user session starts. You should invoke sessreg

# there and optionally change the ownership of the console, etc.

# Default is ""

Startup=/etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole

# A program to run after a user session exits. You should invoke sessreg

# there and optionally change the ownership of the console, etc.

# Default is ""

Reset=/etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole

# The program which is run as the user which logs in. It is supposed to

# interpret the session argument (see SessionsDirs) and start an appropriate

# session according to it.

# Default is /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -ls -T

Session=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession

# The program to run if Session fails.

# Default is /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm

#FailsafeClient=

# The PATH for the Session program. Default is

# /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin

UserPath=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/

# The PATH for Setup, Startup and Reset, etc. Default is

# /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin

SystemPath=/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/

# The default system shell. Default is /bin/sh

#SystemShell=/bin/bash

# Where to put the user's X-server authorization file if ~/.Xauthority

# cannot be created. Default is /tmp

#UserAuthDir=

# If "true", KDM will automatically restart a session after an X-server

# crash (or if it is killed by Alt-Ctrl-BackSpace). Note, that enabling

# this opens a security hole: a secured display lock can be circumvented

# (unless you use KDE's built-in screen lock). Default is false

AutoReLogin=false

# Allow root logins? Default is true

AllowRootLogin=false

# Allow to log in, when user has set an empty password? Default is true

AllowNullPasswd=false

# Who is allowed to shut down the system. This applies both to the

# greeter and to the command FiFo. Default is All

# "None" - no "Shutdown..." button is shown at all

# "Root" - the root password must be entered to shut down

# "All" - everybody can shut down the machine (Default)

AllowShutdown=None

# Who is allowed to abort all still running sessions when shutting down.

# Same options as for AllowShutdown. Default is All

#AllowSdForceNow=Root

# The default choice for the shutdown condition/timing.

# "Schedule" - shutdown after all sessions exit (possibly at once) (Default)

# "TryNow" - shutdown, if no sessions are open, otherwise do nothing

# "ForceNow" - shutdown unconditionally

#DefaultSdMode=ForceNow

# If this is false the user must select the shutdown condition/timing already

# in the shutdown dialog. If this is true he won't be bothered with the options,

# but will be asked what to do if sessions are actually open. Default is true

# NOTE: the interaction is currently not implemented. If this is set to true,

# a normal forced shutdown will happen (without caring for the AllowSdForceNow

# option!), i.e., KDM will behave exactly as before KDE 3.0.

#InteractiveSd=false

# The directories containing session type definitions in .desktop format.

# Default is /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions

#SessionsDirs=/etc/X11/sessions,/usr/share/xsessions

 

# Greeter config for all displays

[X-*-Greeter]

# Widget style of the greeter. "" means the built-in default which currently

# is "Keramik". Default is ""

GUIStyle=Galaxy

# Widget color scheme of the greeter. "" means the built-in default which

# currently is quite greyish. Default is ""

ColorScheme=Galaxy

# What should be shown righthand of the input lines:

# "Logo" - the image specified by LogoPixmap (Default)

# "Clock" - a neat analog clock

# "None" - nothing

LogoArea=None

# The image to show when LogoArea=Logo. Default is kdelogo.png

LogoPixmap=

# Normally, the greeter is centered on the screen. Use this, if you want

# it to appear elsewhere on the screen. Default is false

GreeterPosFixed=false

GreeterPosX=0

GreeterPosY=0

# The headline in the greeter.

# The following character pairs are replaced:

# - %d -> current display

# - %h -> host name, possibly with domain name

# - %n -> node name, most probably the host name without domain name

# - %s -> the operating system

# - %r -> the operating system's version

# - %m -> the machine (hardware) type

# - %% -> a single %

# Default is "Welcome to %s at %n"

GreetString=Welcome to %n

# The font for the headline. Default is charter,20,bold

GreetFont=Sans,24,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0

# The normal font used in the greeter. Default is helvetica,10

StdFont=Sans,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0

# The font used for the "Login Failed" message. Default is helvetica,10,bold

FailFont=Sans,12,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0

# Whether the fonts shown in the greeter should be antialiased. Default is false

AntiAliasing=true

# What to do with the Num Lock modifier for the time the greeter is running:

# "On" -> - turn on

# "Off" -> - turn off

# "Keep" -> - don't change the state (Default)

#NumLock=Off

# Language to use in the greeter. Default is en_US

Language=en_US

# Specify, which user names (along with pictures) should be shown in the

# greeter.

# "NotHidden" - all users except those listed in HiddenUsers (Default)

# "Selected" - only the users listed in SelectedUsers

# "None" - no user list will be shown at all

ShowUsers=All

# For ShowUsers=Selected. Default is ""

SelectedUsers=

# For ShowUsers=NotHidden. Default is ""

HiddenUsers=nobody,root

# Special case of HiddenUsers: users with a UID less than this number

# (except root) will not be shown as well. Default is 0

MinShowUID=500

# Complement to MinShowUID: users with a UID greater than this number will

# not be shown as well. Default is 65535

MaxShowUID=65535

# If false, the users are listed in the order they appear in /etc/passwd.

# If true, they are sorted alphabetically. Default is true

SortUsers=true

# Specify, where the users' pictures should be taken from.

# "AdminOnly" - from <FaceDir>/$USER.face[.icon] (Default)

# "UserOnly" - from the user's $HOME/.face[.icon]

# "PreferAdmin" - prefer <FaceDir>, fallback on $HOME

# "PreferUser" - ... and the other way round

#FaceSource=PreferUser

# The directory containing the user images if FaceSource is not UserOnly.

# Default is /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces

#FaceDir=/usr/share/faces

# Specify, if/which user should be preselected for log in.

# Note, that enabling this feature can be considered a security hole,

# as it presents a valid login name to a potential attacker, so he "only"

# needs to guess the password.

# "None" - don't preselect any user (Default)

# "Previous" - the user which successfully logged in last time

# "Default" - the user specified in the DefaultUser field

PreselectUser=None

# The user to preselect if PreselectUser=Default

#DefaultUser=ethel

# If this is true, the password input line is focused automatically if

# a user is preselected. Default is false

FocusPasswd=false

# The password input fields cloak the typed in text. Specify, how to do it:

# "NoEcho" - nothing is shown at all, the cursor doesn't move

# "OneStar" - "*" is shown for every typed letter (Default)

# "ThreeStars" - "***" is shown for every typed letter

EchoMode=OneStar

# If true, krootimage will be automatically started by KDM. Otherwise, the

# Setup script should be used to setup the background. Default is true

#UseBackground=false

# The configuration file to be used by krootimage.

# Default is /usr/share/config/kdm/backgroundrc

#BackgroundCfg=

# Hold the X-server grabbed the whole time the greeter is visible. This

# may be more secure, but it will disable any background and other

# X-clients started from the Setup script. Default is false

#GrabServer=true

# How many seconds to wait for grab to succeed. Default is 3

#GrabTimeout=

# Use this number as a random seed when forging saved session types, etc. of

# unknown users. This is used to avoid telling an attacker about existing users

# by reverse conclusion. This value should be random but constant across the

# login domain. Default is 0

ForgingSeed=1069108915

# Specify greeter plugins that can be used to obtain authentication data.

# This can be a plugin's base name (expands to $kde_modulesdir/kgreet_$base)

# or a full pathname. Default is classic

#PluginsLogin=sign

# Same as PluginsLogin, but for the shutdown dialog.

#PluginsShutdown=modern

# A list of options of the form Key=Value. The conversation plugins can query

# these settings; it's up to them what possible keys are.

#PluginOptions=SomeKey=randomvalue,Foo=bar

# Show the "Console Login" action in the greeter (when the respective @tty

# entry exists in Xservers). Default is true

#AllowConsole=false

# Show the "Restart X Server"/"Close Connection" action in the greeter.

# Default is false

#AllowClose=true

# Warn, if local X-authorization cannot be created. Default is true

# XXX this is a dummy currently

AuthComplain=false

Preloader=/usr/bin/preloadkde

 

UseTheme=true

Theme=/usr/share/mdk/dm

 

# Core config for local displays

[X-:*-Core]

# How often to try to run the X-server. Running includes executing it and

# waiting for it to come up. Default is 1

#ServerAttempts=

# How long to wait for a local X-server to come up. Default is 15

#ServerTimeout=

# See above

AllowShutdown=All

# See above

AllowRootLogin=true

# See above

AllowNullPasswd=true

# Enable password-less logins on this display. USE WITH EXTREME CARE!

# Default is false

NoPassEnable=false

# The users that don't need to provide a password to log in. NEVER list root!

# Default is ""

NoPassUsers=

 

# Greeter config for local displays

[X-:*-Greeter]

# See above

#AuthComplain=false

# The screen the greeter should be displayed on in multi-headed setups.

# The numbering starts with 0 and corresponds to the listing order in the

# active ServerLayout section of XF86Config. -1 means to use the upper-left

# screen, -2 means to use the upper-right screen. Default is 0

#GreeterScreen=-1

# Specify whether the greeter of local displays should start up in host chooser

# (remote) or login (local) mode and whether it is allowed to switch to the

# other mode.

# "LocalOnly" - only local login possible (Default)

# "RemoteOnly" - only choice of remote host possible

# "DefaultLocal" - start up in local mode, but allow switch to remote mode

# "DefaultRemote" - ... and the other way round

LoginMode=DefaultLocal

# A list of hosts to be automatically added to the remote login menu. The

# special name "*" means broadcast. Default is "*"

#ChooserHosts=*,ugly,sky,dino,kiste.local,login.crap.com

 

# Core config for 1st local display

[X-:0-Core]

# Enable automatic login on this display. USE WITH EXTREME CARE!

# Default is false

AutoLoginEnable=false

# The user to log in automatically. NEVER specify root! Default is ""

#AutoLoginUser=fred

# The password for the user to log in automatically. This is NOT required

# unless the user is to be logged into a NIS or Kerberos domain. If you use

# it, you should "chmod 600 kdmrc" for obvious reasons. Default is ""

#AutoLoginPass=secret!

# See above

Authorize=true

 

# Greeter config for 1st local display

[X-:0-Greeter]

# See above

#PreselectUser=Default

# See above

#DefaultUser=johndoe

 

[X-:1-Core]

# See above

Authorize=true

# See above

ServerVT=8

 

[X-:2-Core]

# See above

ServerVT=9

 

[X-:3-Core]

# See above

ServerVT=10

 

[X-:4-Core]

# See above

ServerVT=11

 

[X-:5-Core]

# See above

ServerVT=12

[ffi]

Under [General] in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc add the line:

ServerVTs=-7

 

 

or see if in the same directory exists a file called kdmrc.rpmnew or .rpmsave; backup the old kdmrc file and rename the kdmrc.rpmsave to kdmrc, add the above line again if you get the same error again.

Edited June 14, 2006 by ffi

[ianw1974]

Also, you may wish to bring up with seer of souls so that they are aware and can offer a fix if their package doesn't work correctly for you. Make sure you followed their instructions explicitly.

[joaopa]

Under [General] in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc add the line:

ServerVTs=-7

Great!! It works. Thank you

 

 

For ianw1974, I don't know how must I report this bug in SeerOfSouls site. But I can say that I followed the instructions of this site with a lot of care to upgrade KDE.

 

 

Joaopa

 

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