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?
>
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Hope that helps!

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