Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Can't unlock session in KDE 3.4

[Alexander Kirillov <nevis2us@infoline.su>]

>>>>>> Kb layout switch in session unlock screen
>>>>>> doesn't work for me after upgrade to kde 3.4
>>>>>> When kde session locks on timeout
>>>>>> and the keyboard happens to be left in non-english layout
>>>>>> I can't switch it back to en and have to kill X
>>>>>> to get things back to normal.
>>>>>> This only happens when unlocking a session
>>>>>> and works well inside kde.
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like it could be a security constraint.  A locked screen
>>>>> shouldn't allow much more than password input.  You can't input the
>>>>> password with the non-en layout? Too bad :-(.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That doesn't sound optimistic. Does it?
>>>> The problem is it used to be working.
>>>> And the widget to switch kb layouts is still there.
>>>> But it doesn't work as expected.
>>>> And yep. The damn password is all ascii. Too bad.
>>>
>>> I wasn't aware that such a widget existed.  If I knew how to make the
>>> widget appear and switch keyboard layouts then I would gladly test it
>>> for you on my end.
>>
>> Thanks. Would be good if you have time for this.
>> I think you have to add an extra kb layout for the widget to show up
>> in session unlock screen. I'm using en_US and ru.
> 
> I think I can reproduce your problem.  I used kcontrol to add another
> keyboard layout under "Regional & Accesibility" and the keyboard layout
> widget now appears when the the screen is locked.  When I click the
> widget it's text changes to "err".  It seems to be a bug in
> kde-base/kscreensaver-3.4.1 because the system tray widget works fine.

Thanks a lot Zac,
I'm not using split ebuilds so this seems to be a kde bug indeed.
I've filed a bug report to kde.org. Bug ID #109234.
It's real annoying and hopefully will be fixed soon enough.
Sasha

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