On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Ed Hurst <eddie@...> wrote: > I noticed some of these were already mentioned, though not fixed or > answered, so far as I can determine. > > KDM -- won't allow me to shut down, reboot or much of anything else except > login. I noticed this when installing with KDE4 already there. I didn't try with a preinstalled GNOME or LXDE. I fixed it by doing a minimal install of Debian with no gui, then installing via apt-get. > Kdesu -- refuses to accept my root password. I have to jack around to setup > the X auth for root using the commandline. Does kdesudo work? If you selected to turn off root logins when installing, kdesu may not work. > KWifiManager -- If I launch from the commandline as root, it does find a > network, but the wrong one. I can't get it to let me select my in-home wifi > connection. It lists it for a scan, but I see no means to make it select it. > From my user account, I can't do anything with it at all. I didn't have a chance to configure a network (my hard disk died soon after I installed Debian), but if Debian has NetworkManager, you might be able to use KNetworkManager. It will at least support WPA(1/2) if you have the wpa_supplicant service started, but KWifi doesn't. > This last one is a show-stopper for me. If I can't connect and configure on > the fly wherever I go, the DE is useless. So, what would you need from me to > diagnose this? > > -- > Ed Hurst > -------- > Open for Business - http://ofb.biz/ > Kiln of the Soul - http://soulkiln.org/ > blog - http://soulkiln.blogspot.com/ Hope that helps! -- Kris "Piki" Ark Linux Webmaster Trinity Desktop Environment Packager