[opensuse-factory] sddm greeter inexplicable
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[Fresh 64 bit TW HTTP minimal X installation this AM] 1-By default, control icons are too small to tell what they are for, and there's no hover popup to help. 2-sddm.conf man page claims full documentation available on https://github.com/sddm/sddm but I don't find any type of manual explaining sddm.conf there, where I would expect to find whichever equivalents to kdmrc's (incorporated): AllowNullPasswd= AllowRootLogin= AntiAliasing= ConsoleTTYs= FailFont= FocusPasswd= GreetFont= HiddenUsers= LogoArea= NoPassAllUsers= NoPassEnable= NoPassUsers= PreselectUser=Previous ReserveServers= SelectedUsers=root,one,two,three,four ShowUsers=Selected SortUsers=true StdFont=. TerminateServer= Theme= UserCompletion=true UserList=true UseTheme=false exist or not. 3-Breeze: Only one box to type in doesn't say what goes there. Logins normally require both a username and a password, and the list of users to select from only holds 7.5 with no way to scroll to find the remainder of users or even tell how many users there are. The Maui theme is the only other of the five I dug out of /usr/share/sddm/themes/ with any users list. 4-sddm was selected during installation, and graphical.target got enabled, but there was no X, no greeter, anywhere to be found on a screen or in ps -A output on first several boots. /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager had DISPLAYMANAGER=xdm, even though xdm was explicitly deselected during installation. 5-With Xorg preconfigured to 120 DPI (or worse, using the default 96) via /etc/X11/* and ~/.config/Trolltech.conf font set to size 12 font, and /usr/share/desktop-data/qtrc set to size 12 font, no greeter text is big enough to read (except for the time) without resorting to back strain (leaning uncomfortably forward), eyestrain (squinting) or a magnifier. Escalating DPI to 144 DPI or more brings the fonts close to a reasonable size, but then the DE's DPI is overinflated, leaving consequences like cut-off menu text strings[1] and oversize icons. Looking through /usr/share/sddm/themes it's clear sddm suffers the same problem as most web sites, sizing fonts tiny to suit the stylist instead of suiting normal people with average and worse vision.[2] [1] cf.: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=177323 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262695 [2] cf.: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=888055 https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=646418 && 177323 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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Felix Miata