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Bug#344871: marked as done (kdm: changing Language option breaks keyboard input)

Your message dated Sun, 9 Jul 2006 08:41:58 +0200
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and subject line Bug#344871: kdm: changing Language option breaks keyboard input
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: kdm
Version: 4:3.4.3-3
Severity: important
Tags: l10n

If I keep the Language option in kdmrc on the default en_US, then the
greeter will happily accept both Hebrew and Enlgish input, even though
all the menu items are in Englsih. If, however, I change the option to
he_IL or he_IL.UTF-8, then it stops accept Hebrew input. If I try
typing hebrew in a text field, all I get are empty boxes. If I try
activating a menu using Alt-key, it fails. This happens on both my x86
desktop and my powerbook. This is new to 3.4 (I had no problem with
Hebrew kdm in 3.3 or earlier). 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (110, 'unstable'), (10, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14cavy1
Locale: LANG=he_IL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=he_IL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages kdm depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.4.65          Debian configuration management sy
hi  kdebase-bin              4:3.4.3-3       core binaries for the KDE base mod
hi  kdebase-data             4:3.4.3-3       shared data files for the KDE base
ii  kdelibs4c2a              4:3.4.3-2       core libraries for all KDE applica
ii  libc6                    2.3.5-8         GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                  1:4.0.2-5       GCC support library
ii  libpam-runtime           0.79-3          Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                 0.79-3          Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libqt3-mt                3:3.3.5-3       Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libstdc++6               4.0.2-5         The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxau6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Authentication library
ii  libxdmcp6                6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Display Manager Control Protocol
ii  libxtst6                 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System event recording an
ii  xbase-clients            6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 miscellaneous X clients

Versions of packages kdm recommends:
ii  logrotate                     3.7.1-2    Log rotation utility

-- debconf information:
  kdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
* shared/default-x-display-manager: kdm
  kdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/kdm

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 10:58:59PM -0700, Itai Seggev wrote:
> Cleaning out my inbox and found this bug languishing behind. I
> upgraded to 3.5 three or four months back, and the all three settings
> of the LANG variable produce the correct behaviour. This bug can be
> closed. 
>

Ok. Closing bug.


> On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 10:55:00AM -0500, Christopher Martin wrote:
> > On Saturday 31 December 2005 15:16, Itai Seggev wrote:
> > > I started with the Debian pacakged kdmrc, then edited the file by
> > > hand. I tried using the KDE Control Center as you suggested, and that
> > > worked fine. Confused, I looked at the config file it generated, and
> > > saw that it set Lang to he rather than he_IL or he he_IL.UTF-8 (from
> > > the default en_US). I then restored my original kdmrc and put in he
> > > for Lang, and it also worked. Thus, it seems to be a bug (why does
> > > using he_IL rather than he break some of the functionality?), but
> > > perhaps not as serious as I originally thought.
> > >
> > > > Also, if you have any systems/chroots
> > > > where you're feeling daring, could you see if the problem occurs using
> > > > KDM 3.5 from experimental?
> > >
> > > No chroots handy, but it should be easy to test whether setting Lang
> > > to he_IL continues to be a problem in 3.5 as described above.
> > 
> > OK, I re-installed kde-i18n-he, and changed Language=en_US to Language=he, 
> > he_IL, and he_IL.UTF-8. All three seemed to work. I then hacked together a 
> > KDE 3.4 setup. There, all "he" locales resulted in empty boxes instead of 
> > Hebrew characters, though I could still log in. Not exactly the same 
> > results as you obtained, but interesting.
> > 
> > It would appear that something has been fixed for KDE 3.5, hopefully 
> > including the problem you noticed. I'll leave the bug open until you can 
> > confirm that KDE 3.5 works (or not), when it enters Unstable/Testing or 
> > whenever you feel like trying it, since this is an important issue. Anyone 
> > else using a Hebrew desktop with KDE 3.5 is welcome to chime in.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Christopher Martin
> --
> Itai
> 
> Itai Seggev, University of Mississippi, Department of Physics and Astronomy
> 
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> 
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