Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 173213
Login screen doesn't work properly with dual monitors in KDE3.4-1.0
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:17 EST
Description of problem: The graphical login manager, (gdm ?) doesn't work properly in kde-3.4.3-1.0fc4. Several things happen. 1) the background gets overridden with the plain login screen in the monitor where the login happens. 2) sometimes the login screen isn't sized right and the display is garbled. You can't log in. 3) the gdm setup tool (gdmsetup) doesn't configure the login screen anymore. Login Manager in Control center does. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm -q gdm gdm-2.6.0.8-16 How reproducible: The overwrite happens every time. The settings from gdmsetup happen every time. The garbled screen happens sometimes. Might be an X11 thing ? Steps to Reproduce: On a dual screen computer, with the left monitor being 1 and the right monitor being 2. 1. set the login screen properties in gdmsetup. I use gnome circles. Yes, I know I am running KDE... 2. set the login screen properties in Control Center. I use the KDE 3.4 default, with a blue gear on the left side. 3. Logout. Actual results: 1) On the right monitor, number 2, the KDE 3.4 default background appears. Not gnome circles. 2) On the left monitor, number 1, the BlueCurve background appears with the usual login fields. 3) From time to time the image on the left monitor is garbled. Pressing ctrl-alt-F6 (to get to a text login console ) and then ctrl-alt-F7 (to get back to the graphical login) yields a working login screen. Expected results: 1) The login screen should be the same on both monitors. 2) The login screen should be one of the ones selected in gdmsetup or control center. 3) The left screen shouldn't get garbled. Let me know what you need to debug this further. The login screens worked perfectly (Gnome Circles displayed) before kde-3.4.3-1.0 was installed via rpms in the Fedora repositories. Additional info:
Created attachment 122165 [details] Showing wrong background on login screen. One screen is the proper background and the other screen where the login is to occur is the wrong one.
Created attachment 122166 [details] Problem #2: Login disappears entirely. Notice that I have now upgraded to KDE-3.5 and the problem still exists.
Created attachment 122167 [details] Closeup of the login screen itself No way to log in with this. Must do ctrl-alt F6 to get a text login and then ctrl alt F7 to get an X login. Usually this will give a good login screen.
Just so everyone is clear, I am now running KDE-3.5
Both screens are 1680x1050. Even the laptop. Its an HP7280 with a 17" screen. <chuckle> The screens don't look nearly that dirty in real life.
This report targets the FC3 or FC4 products, which have now been EOL'd. Could you please check that it still applies to a current Fedora release, and either update the target product or close it ? Thanks.
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