[kde-linux] KDE4 password prompts

[Dale]

Anne Wilson wrote:
>
> On Sunday 28 September 2008 16:21:00 Ulrich Brachvogel wrote:
>
> > Dag Nygren schrieb:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > >
>
> > > just trying out KDE 4.1.1 here and it seems to be quite usable.
>
> > >
>
> > > One thing though: When for example logging in to kmail entering the
>
> > > password doesn't generate the usual stars but absolutely nothing.
> I would
>
> > > feel more comfortable with some kind of feedback on my keypresses.
> So is
>
> > > there a setting somewhere to activate password echo? Already tried the
>
> > > one in my profile, but it has no effect on this.
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm using KDE4.1.1,too; but with KDM 3.5.x. So I do not know, if the
>
> > thing has changed with KDM 4.x :(.
>
> > In KDE 3.5.x, kcontrol <Systemadministration/displaymanager/echo> you
>
> > can choose the prompt of the passwordinput field.
>
> > Hopefully it's the same in KDM 4.x.
>
> > Hae fun Ulrich
>
> >
>
> I have a couple of KDE 4 installations, and both show solid circles
> for password length. Dag doesn't say which distro he's using, but I
> can say for certain that Fedora 9, Mandriva 2008.1 and OpenSUSE 11.0
> don't have that problem.
>
> Anne
>
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Gentoo shows the same as your, little circles filled in.  Since Gentoo
is from source, maybe distro specific?

Dale

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