Description of problem: Trying to activate Administrator mode within KDE Control Center to change KDE Theme Manager and Login Manager. When pressing "Administrator Mode" buttom, receive popup "Run as root - KDE Su"; command "/usr/bin/kcmshell kdmtheme --embed 58722095 --lan en_US" - when I enter the password, the popup goes away, but nothing appears to happen. Then when I logoff/login I receive another message that this command needs the root password...I then enter, but again nothing happens. If I login as root, I am able to modify - however, I would prefer not to login as root. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdebase-3.5.8-32.fc8 How reproducible: See description above. Steps to Reproduce: See description above. Actual results: Nothing happens. Expected results: Enter administrative mode in KDE Theme Manager and Login Manager. Additional info:
Confirmed
*** Bug 431835 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This seems to WORKFORME in kdebase-3.5.9-1.fc8, except that I get a popup after entering the root password about being unable to create /usr/local/share/apps/kdm/faces.
(In reply to comment #3) > I get a popup [ ... ] about being unable to create > /usr/local/share/apps/kdm/faces. This is, of course, bug 379781.
Hi Mary Ellen, bug 379781 has been closed as 'NOTABUG': see the comments on it for more details. Regarding this bug, it WORKSFORME in kdebase-3.5.9-5.fc8. I'd say that we can consider this bug closed, but before proceed I'd like to receive your feedback.
With the current version it works fine for me, though it may be worth mentioning that some settings are not acted upon unless UseTheme=false is set in /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc I am not the reporter of this bug but perhaps this helps before this bz is closed.
Not sure exactly when this was corrected, but it is working fine now in kdebase-3.5.9-3.fc8