Re: xdm/wdm/gdm/kdm/login.app etc.
On Friday 19 April 04:01, craigw wrote:
> On Fri Apr 19, 2002 at 02:23:49AM -0400, Robert_L wrote:
<snip>
> > I like and use gdm (kdm just won't work for some reason) but some things
> > about kdm I miss.
> > 1. Auto entry of selected user
>
> yes, that's a nice convenience. With gdm you can (if it's a one-user
> computer, and you really want to... ) have it log you in automatically.
Yep, finally settled for that with a delay. Since its a one man machine in a
lcoked apartment I'm not worried about security with respect to this.
>
> > 2. Focus on password field
>
> I thought that was the default. If you're having to click before you can
> start typing, I don't know how to fix it.
>
> > 3. numlock on (how the heck do you do this for the gdm login screen ?)
>
> don't know. I've never turned numlock on. In fact, I'm still using the
> keyboard that came with my 486 and if it ever dies I'll probably buy a
> happy hacker keyboard. Yeah, every time I buy a new box, the keyboard
> goes straight in the closet on top of the pile of other fancy keyboards
> with all their fancy window keys & internet buttons & whatnots.
You must be a meticulous guy. I go through a new one every 6 months.
> I think maybe you can turn numlock on in your XF86Config
>
> you can also put all this in ~/.Xmodmap:
>
> keycode 90 = KP_0 KP_Insert
> keycode 87 = KP_1 KP_End
> keycode 88 = KP_2 KP_Down
> keycode 89 = KP_3 KP_Next
> keycode 83 = KP_4 KP_Left
> keycode 84 = KP_5 KP_Begin
> keycode 85 = KP_6 KP_Right
> keycode 79 = KP_7 KP_Home
> keycode 80 = KP_8 KP_Up
> keycode 81 = KP_9 KP_Prior
> keycode 91 = KP_Decimal KP_Delete
>
> (you may need to add the following to ~/.xinitrc or some other place to
> make sure it gets used):
>
> usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
But surely this gets run AFTER you login from gdm ?
Numlock is working fine from tty's and KDE.
> Or there is also a program called numlockX:
> http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/en/numlockx/
>
> -CraigW
Yes, I'm using it. But I've tried adding the numlockx command to many
startup scripts below /etc/ without success (as I mentioned above- it works
fine everywhere else. Not a big deal, but it is driving me crazy trying to
figure out where to put it.
all the best,
Robert_L
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