Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:40:30 +0100 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> :

On 2025-03-20 12:26, bent fender wrote:

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It's a horror-show, I got rid of it maybe in some sddm config, I forget

But I have not touched the sddm config in years and I can prove it:

YOU didn't do it, some darwin laureate in a dev cubicle did, but I think I got RID of it that way. I'm no guru so if I could do it then you can 4 sure :-) edit into /etc/sddm.conf InputMethod=

Isengard:~ # l /etc/sddm.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Nov 4 2018 /etc/sddm.conf Isengard:~ #

-- Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R. (from 15.6 x86_64 at Telcontar)

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:45:18 +0100 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> :

On 2025-03-20 13:43, bent fender wrote:

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Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:40:30 +0100 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> :

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On 2025-03-20 12:26, bent fender wrote:

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It's a horror-show, I got rid of it maybe in some sddm config, I forget

But I have not touched the sddm config in years and I can prove it:

YOU didn't do it, some darwin laureate in a dev cubicle did, but I think I got RID of it that way. I'm no guru so if I could do it then you can 4 sure :-)

edit into /etc/sddm.conf

InputMethod=

Where?

Isengard:~ # cat /etc/sddm.conf [Theme]

[XDisplay] Isengard:~ #

Isengard:~ # apropos sddm.conf sddm.conf: nothing appropriate. Isengard:~ #

Amazing, because "man sddm.conf" responds.

Ok, now I have:

Isengard:~ # cat /etc/sddm.conf [Theme]

[XDisplay]

[General] InputMethod= Isengard:~ #

Logged out, ctrl-altbckspace twice. Then init 3, init 5 from ssh. The keyboard is gone, but I get the ugly display from my second photo.

Oh, top left there is a drop down that says "Layout US", which can not be changed. My keyboard is Spanish, of course.

I have to reboot, because I updated the machine. Top right there is a circular arrow icon that reboots the machine, no questions asked :-/

Ok, that touch keyboard on a non touch display is gone. Thanks.

Slackware still beats them all; you log in before GUI, then startx or if you insist some useless DM :-( my 2 cents I was just looking at new versions of dolphin while tweaking slackware, it's got sidepanels left and right with what looks like a sub-dolphin whatever PLUS a freakin' terminal screen at the bottom. What's next for krissake, an entire dolphin desktop? Puke. Dam idiots don't know what KISS means anymore, but they ARE very quick to kill of what's usefull like a full menu bar and a full editable loacation window as hardwired defaluts.

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 23:18:19 +0900 Masaru Nomiya <nomiya@lake.dti.ne.jp> :

Hello,

In the Message;

Subject : Re: [oS-EN] oS-en Huge keyboard on screen Message-ID : <20250320084331.d7a6cff542bc6bd6675098d7@trixtar.org> Date & Time: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:43:31 -0400

[BF] == bent fender <slowroller@trixtar.org> has written:

BF> Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:40:30 +0100 BF> "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> :

CER> > On 2025-03-20 12:26, bent fender wrote: CER> > > CER> > > It's a horror-show, I got rid of it maybe in some sddm config, I forget CER> > CER> > But I have not touched the sddm config in years and I can prove it:

BF> YOU didn't do it, some darwin laureate in a dev cubicle did, but I BF> think I got RID of it that way. I'm no guru so if I could do it then BF> you can 4 sure :-)

BF> edit into /etc/sddm.conf

BF> InputMethod=

I agree.

SDDM likely detected an input device as a virtual keyboard source.

Please edit /etc/sddm.conf.d/sddm.conf (or etc/sddm.conf)

[General] InputMethod= EnableHiDPI=false

[Theme] EnableAvatars=false

None of those figure in the man page. For example on some systems I get the anon avatars but nothing else. Just guessing that this is because those DM's do not use UID but the GECOS identifier which is a huge security hole so I NEVER use them. Now if EnableAvatars=false removes the avatars then what's left? By user ID I do not mean the abreviated one that might be u4 with #1004 but "UserFour" or the name of the person. I have nopticed that some OSes will NOT let a user wityhout this 'namme' to be created.

On 2025-03-20 15:18, Masaru Nomiya wrote:

Hello,

In the Message;

Subject : Re: [oS-EN] oS-en Huge keyboard on screen Message-ID : <20250320084331.d7a6cff542bc6bd6675098d7@trixtar.org> Date & Time: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:43:31 -0400

[BF] == bent fender <...> has written:

BF> Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:40:30 +0100 BF> "Carlos E. R." <...t> :

CER> > On 2025-03-20 12:26, bent fender wrote: CER> > > CER> > > It's a horror-show, I got rid of it maybe in some sddm config, I forget CER> > CER> > But I have not touched the sddm config in years and I can prove it:

BF> YOU didn't do it, some darwin laureate in a dev cubicle did, but I BF> think I got RID of it that way. I'm no guru so if I could do it then BF> you can 4 sure :-)

BF> edit into /etc/sddm.conf

BF> InputMethod=

I agree.

SDDM likely detected an input device as a virtual keyboard source.

Really? Isengard:~ # lsusb Bus 002 Device 006: ID 174c:1153 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1153 SATA 3Gb/s bridge Bus 002 Device 004: ID 174c:55aa ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1051E SATA 6Gb/s bridge, ASM1053E SATA 6Gb/s bridge, ASM1153 SATA 3Gb/s bridge, ASM1153E SATA 6Gb/s bridge Bus 002 Device 007: ID 1058:25ee Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Book 25EE Bus 002 Device 005: ID 1058:25ee Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Book 25EE Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2109:0813 VIA Labs, Inc. VL813 Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8564:1000 Transcend Information, Inc. JetFlash Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0665:5161 Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc. VL813 Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Isengard:~ # Huh, I forgot the installation media (Trascend), it was still there.

Please edit /etc/sddm.conf.d/sddm.conf (or etc/sddm.conf)

[General] InputMethod= EnableHiDPI=false

EnableHiDPI= Enables Qt's automatic HiDPI scaling. Can be either "true" or "false". Default value is "true". InputMethod= Set the Qt input method for the greeter. Tablet users with Qt Virtual Keyboard in- stalled can set this to "qtvirtualkey- board" for the on-screen keyboard. Other known values are "ibus" for the Intelli- gent Input Bus, or "compose" for dead keys support. Leave this empty if unsure.

[Theme] EnableAvatars=false

EnableAvatars= When enabled, home directories are searched for ".face.icon" images to dis- play as their avatars. This can be slow on some file systems. When disabled, all avatars will be default. Themes may choose to hide them altogether. Default value is true. Maybe it would be preferable to know what themes are available, get previews, and choose one. ThemeDir= Path of the directory containing theme files. Default value is "/usr/share/sddm/themes". Isengard:~ # ls /usr/share/sddm/themes elarun maldives maya Isengard:~ # They do have a preview. I just tried "maya", which is plain. The input fields are huge, though. "elarun" is tiny, maybe too tiny on the icons. "maldives" has a nice photo in background, the fields are reasonable sized, and the buttons have text, not icons. I'll keep this one. It doesn't matter much, this machine login is normally not touched in months, but not ugly and usable is something to have. The layout in all themes is "us" and there are no choices. :-? No avatars in any of them. Well, maybe if I put a ".face.icon" :-? I do have a ".face" in my desktop machine. They could make up their minds. Oh, dang it. I pressed shutdown by mistake, it doesn't ask. I wanted log out to see the small avatar. This machine is slow to boot up, it has 4 big external hard disks attached and a weak cpu. Buah, the maldives theme has no avatars. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.6 x86_64 at Telcontar)

On 2025-03-21 02:48, Masaru Nomiya wrote:

Hello,

In the Message;

Subject : Re: [oS-EN] oS-en Huge keyboard on screen Message-ID : <0457e501-fb98-4f4c-8315-63222f84d15d@telefonica.net> Date & Time: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 20:49:59 +0100

[CER] == "Carlos E. R." <...> has written:

CER> On 2025-03-20 15:18, Masaru Nomiya wrote: [...] CER> > SDDM likely detected an input device as a virtual keyboard source.

CER> Really?

CER> Isengard:~ # lsusb CER> Bus 002 Device 006: ID 174c:1153 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1153 SATA 3Gb/s CER> bridge CER> Bus 002 Device 004: ID 174c:55aa ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1051E SATA 6Gb/s CER> bridge, ASM1053E SATA 6Gb/s bridge, ASM1153 SATA 3Gb/s bridge, ASM1153E SATA CER> 6Gb/s bridge CER> Bus 002 Device 007: ID 1058:25ee Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Book 25EE CER> Bus 002 Device 005: ID 1058:25ee Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Book 25EE CER> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2109:0813 VIA Labs, Inc. VL813 Hub CER> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8564:1000 Transcend Information, Inc. JetFlash CER> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub CER> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp. Bluetooth wireless interface CER> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0665:5161 Cypress Semiconductor USB to Serial CER> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver CER> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:2813 VIA Labs, Inc. VL813 Hub CER> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub CER> Isengard:~ #

CER> Huh, I forgot the installation media (Trascend), it was still there.

USB radio dongle being misinterpreted as touch input device, I think.

It is an idea, yes... I also thought about that one. You think that perhaps I should report that the keyboard is larger than half the screen and occludes the view of the avatars?

[...] CER> Isengard:~ # ls /usr/share/sddm/themes CER> elarun maldives maya CER> Isengard:~ #

?

Isn't there breeze and breeze-openSUSE?

Nope, that's what 'ls' lists. Unless there is another directory not mentioned in the man page. Isengard:~ # locate breeze-openSUSE Isengard:~ #

If you want to customize the theme, just create a file called theme.conf.user in the theme folder.

Too much work for a machine that can stay running for 9 months :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.6 x86_64 at Telcontar)

On 2025-03-20 20:49, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 2025-03-20 15:18, Masaru Nomiya wrote:

...

Hello,

...

Maybe it would be preferable to know what themes are available, get previews, and choose one.

       ThemeDir=               Path  of  the  directory  containing theme               files.        Default       value       is               "/usr/share/sddm/themes".

Isengard:~ # ls /usr/share/sddm/themes elarun  maldives  maya Isengard:~ #

They do have a preview. I just tried "maya", which is plain. The input fields are huge, though.

"elarun" is tiny, maybe too tiny on the icons.

"maldives" has a nice photo in background, the fields are reasonable sized, and the buttons have text, not icons. I'll keep this one. It doesn't matter much, this machine login is normally not touched in months, but not ugly and usable is something to have.

The layout in all themes is "us" and there are no choices. :-?

I happened to update today and now the layout is "es", and again, no choices. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.6 x86_64 at Telcontar)

On Thursday, 20 March 2025 at 09:08:42 am GMT-4, Tom Jones via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> wrote: On Thursday, 20 March 2025 at 06:55:48 am GMT-4, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote: Hi, I had to reboot my miniserver (nfs stopped working, a partition had disapeared), and on boot I got a huge keyboard photo appearing in the display. See photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/K2BXCA5PKNKPxs9N7 WHY? How do I remove that aberration permanently? This is not a touch screen. There is a physical keyboard via radio, with an USB dongle that receives the signal. Login manager is sddm I just want username and password prompt in the traditional manner, two small text boxes in the center. ** ** looks like the touch screen keyboard included with some laptops.  my wife has one on her windoz Levano laptop. ** **  I believe it is configured in the machine's bios. --  tj