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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: KDE and 3-fingers solved
From:       Stephen Davies <scldad () sdc ! com ! au>
Date:       2001-05-02 0:28:43
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It turned out to be as simple as removing the KDE key mapping of 
3-fingers = Logout.

Once that is gone, I can login to NT via VNCViewer as before.

Cheers,
Stephen Davies

On Wed, 02 May 2001 09:32:00 +0930, Stephen Davies said:
> Thanks for the feedback but I think/hope that there is more to it than 
> that.
> 
> Before switching to KDE I used AfterStep and the three-finger salute 
> worked fine; my current problem is definitely KDE-related.
> 
> Cheers and thanks,
> Stephen Davies
> 
> On Tue, 1 May 2001 11:56:16 +0200, "Anno v. Heimburg" said:
> > Am Dienstag 01 Mai 2001 02:13 schrieb Stephen Davies:
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > I use my Linux box to manage a number of NT servers via VNCViewer.
> > >
> > > Since switching to KDE, I have been unable to login to an NT server
> > > because KDE seems to trap the three-finger salute required to login to
> > > NT.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to stop KDE from doing this?
> > 
> > AFAIK there's not. The point of the 3-finger-salute is that [I think] no 
> > program can simulate it and, at least on NT, it cannot be trapped by an app
>  
> > w/out the OS knowing about it. MS does this for security reasons. I know 
> > this, I've tried using VNC both from a Linux and from a Win box... no way t
> o 
> > do the login. Just won't work. There _might_ be an undocumented registry 
> > setting that makes NT display the login screen directly, but that's not for
>  
> > this mailing list (if you find it, however, please tell me). BTW, with W2k,
> . 
> > it works.
> > 
> > Greets,
> > 
> > Anno.
> > 
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