Re: X login screen with onscreen keyboard

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:25:36 -0700, jeremy jozwik wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Check if that helps:
>>
>> ***
>> Using Florence with GDM
>> http://florence.sourceforge.net/english/tips.html#gdm ***
> 
> hmm... edited the two files as instructed but not only do i get no
> keyboard but a nice notifier telling me that my config is bad.

Check the systax of both files, as Tao suggested. 

Take special care while editing "/etc/gdm/modules/AccessKeyMouseEvents" 
because there are already some lines enabled for "Gok" (another virtual 
keyboard) that could be interfering with Florence. Do not delete these 
entries, just comment them ("#").

> along with that, gdm.conf in debian lenny is located in /etc/gdm/ and
> there is a usr file for gdm under /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf
> 
> shall i edit one, both?

No, you should only edit (or create, if not present):

/etc/gdm/custom.conf
/etc/gdm/modules/AccessKeyMouseEvents

Edit those files, check their syntax and review that there are no 
duplicated entries for Gok and Florence in the latter, relogin, press 
mouse button at least for 2 seconds to activate the virtual keyboard... 
and that should be all :-)

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón