Bug#513734: kdebase-workspace: locking the screen is not working if kdm is not installed

[Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>]

Package: kdebase-workspace
Version: 4:4.2.0-1
Severity: important

Hi,

if kdm is not installed locking the screen does not work.
The error message is something like:

Will not lock screen as unlocking would be impossible.
No appropriate greeter plugin configured.

I'm suspecting that the workspace needs one of those files:
(not sure if all of them are needed)

/usr/lib/kde4/kgreet_winbind.so
/usr/lib/kde4/kgreet_generic.so
/usr/lib/kde4/kgreet_classic.so
/usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdm_greet

As screen locking is something that should really work in a default
desktop installation, the kdebase-workspace should either depend on kdm
or those files should be moved into a more central package like
kdebase-workspace-bin.

Cheers,
Michael

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (300, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.13
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages kdebase-workspace depends on:
ii  kde-window-manager            4:4.2.0-1  the KDE 4 window manager (KWin)
ii  kdebase-workspace-bin         4:4.2.0-1  core binaries for the KDE 4 base w
ii  klipper                       4:4.2.0-1  clipboard utility for KDE 4
ii  ksysguard                     4:4.2.0-1  System Guard for KDE 4
ii  systemsettings                4:4.2.0-1  KDE 4 System Settings

Versions of packages kdebase-workspace recommends:
ii  kdm                           4:4.2.0-1  KDE Display Manager for X11

kdebase-workspace suggests no packages.

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