On 16/03/11 23:39, Ed Hurst 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.
>
> Kdesu -- refuses to accept my root password. I have to jack around to
> setup the X auth for root using the commandline.
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>

Kdesu does not function properly 
http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=451

Kdesudo does work but sudo is generally not the preferred method for 
Debian users

I posted a workaround in the forum:

http://www.trinitydesktop.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=15

 From normal Squeeze repos, wpagui works better here than 
knetworkmanager ever did. It is qt4 but will not also install half of 
kde4 as deps. I use "apt-get install no-install-recommends wpagui"

This link is the best wpagui setup info I know of:

http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~locatell/linux&noi/documenti/sidux-manual/en/internet-connecting-wpagui-en.htm#wpa-roaming-gui

Don't know about your kdm, someone else might if you post more info. 
Works fine here.