kdmtheme module can not apply changes

[Dorian Pula]

Binary package hint: kde-systemsettings

System settings does not allow for any changes in the KDM Theme Manager.

Reproduced by:
1.) Install kdmtheme and kde-kdm-themes
2.) Startup System Settings.
3.) Appearence > KDM Theme Manager
4.) Click the Administrator Mode... button. And enter admin mode.
5.) Check Enable KDM Themes.
6.) Select a theme.
7.) Can not click the Apply button.

Expected behaviour:
The Apply button becomes enabled, and a new theme is applied to KDM after logout.

System information:
Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Beta

Version Information:
kubuntu-desktop: 1.56
kdm: 4:3.5.7-1ubuntu26
kdmtheme: 1.2-0ubuntu1
kde-core: 5:47
kde-guidance: 0.8.0svn20070928-0ubuntu2
kde-systemsettings: 0.0svn20070312-0ubuntu3

[dMk (dennismk-gmail)]

I have the same problem. I also tried to change values manually (changing "Theme=/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/true-nature" and "UseTheme=True" in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc), but nothing happens.

System information:
Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Beta

Version Information:
kubuntu-desktop: 1.56
kdm: 4:3.5.7-1ubuntu26
kdmtheme: 1.2-0ubuntu1
kde-core: 5:47
kde-guidance: 0.8.0svn20070928-0ubuntu2
kde-systemsettings: 0.0svn20070312-0ubuntu3

[dMk (dennismk-gmail)]

sorry, manual changing is working, I just needed to restart my pc.

[slon (generesnik)]

Yep! I have this problem too. Disabling themes is ignored and it also doesn't import/install new themes. In short it doesn't do anything at all. Should I file another bug for it?

Up-to-date Gutsy.

[Dorian Pula (dorian-pula-deactivatedaccount)]

I am guessing that disabling themes and import/install of new themes, probably stems from the same problem.

[slon (generesnik)]

As run from CLI.

$ kcmshell kdmtheme
passprompt

Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-g00fy" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

Error: "/tmp/ksocket-g00fy" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

kcmshell: Fatal IO error: client killed

X Error: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) 2
  Major opcode: 113
  Minor opcode: 0
  Resource id: 0x3800007
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 10
  Minor opcode: 0
  Resource id: 0x3800007
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 7
  Minor opcode: 0
  Resource id: 0x3800007
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 6
  Minor opcode: 0
  Resource id: 0x3800007
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 25
  Minor opcode: 0
  Resource id: 0x3800007

[quazgar (quazgar)]

Confirmed by me (in "stable" gutsy) and at least two other bug reports (now marked as duplicates)

[Reuben Firmin (reubenf)]

Confirm, as one of the other bug filers.

[Stefan Skotte (screemo)]

I just installed the final version of kubuntu 7.10, and followed the instructions provided in the first post:

1.) Install kdmtheme and kde-kdm-themes
2.) Startup System Settings.
3.) Appearance > KDM Theme Manager
4.) Click the Administrator Mode... button. And enter admin mode.
5.) Check Enable KDM Themes. <--- this button is enabled default by kdmtheme code! *
6.) Select a theme. <--- the list is active and allow selections
7.) Can not click the Apply button. <--- as needed the apply button is triggered when you select other than the currently active theme.

kdmtheme in kubuntu uses /etc/kdm.d/20-* as default settings, and 30-* as customized.

This is the permissions on the files in my default install:

/etc/default/:

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-10-22 11:38 kdm.d

/etc/default/kdm.d/:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159 2007-10-12 17:06 20_kubuntu_default_settings
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 2007-10-22 11:38 30_kubuntu_default_settings

20_kubuntu_default_settings:

USETHEME="true"
THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu"
USEBACKGROUND="true"
WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"

30_kubuntu_default_settings (is there since I've selected to use the kubuntu theme without the userlist):
THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu-no-userlist"
USEBACKGROUND="true"
USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
USETHEME="true"
WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"

Could you check your permissions on the abovementioned files and report that back please.

[Stefan Skotte (screemo)]

I should note that this works on my tribe5->final upgraded machine as well.

[dMk (dennismk-gmail)]

/etc/default
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-10-22 21:51 kdm.d

/etc/default/kdm.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159 2007-09-28 14:34 20_kubuntu_default_settings
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 163 2007-10-22 21:51 30_kubuntu_default_settings

On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 09:54 +0000, Stefan Skotte wrote:
> I just installed the final version of kubuntu 7.10, and followed the
> instructions provided in the first post:
>
> 1.) Install kdmtheme and kde-kdm-themes
> 2.) Startup System Settings.
> 3.) Appearance > KDM Theme Manager
> 4.) Click the Administrator Mode... button. And enter admin mode.
> 5.) Check Enable KDM Themes. <--- this button is enabled default by kdmtheme code! *
> 6.) Select a theme. <--- the list is active and allow selections
> 7.) Can not click the Apply button. <--- as needed the apply button is triggered when you select other than the currently active theme.
>
> kdmtheme in kubuntu uses /etc/kdm.d/20-* as default settings, and 30-*
> as customized.
>
> This is the permissions on the files in my default install:
>
> /etc/default/:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-10-22 11:38 kdm.d
>
> /etc/default/kdm.d/:
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159 2007-10-12 17:06 20_kubuntu_default_settings
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 2007-10-22 11:38 30_kubuntu_default_settings
>
> 20_kubuntu_default_settings:
>
> USETHEME="true"
> THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu"
> USEBACKGROUND="true"
> WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
> USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
>
> 30_kubuntu_default_settings (is there since I've selected to use the kubuntu theme without the userlist):
> THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu-no-userlist"
> USEBACKGROUND="true"
> USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
> USETHEME="true"
> WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
>
> Could you check your permissions on the abovementioned files and report
> that back please.

[Stefan Skotte (screemo)]

Could you try to run kcmshell as root without using kdesudo ?

# sudo -s
# kcmshell kdmtheme

Also please paste your contents of the 20/30_kubuntu_default_settings also.

[dMk (dennismk-gmail)]

On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 18:39 +0000, Stefan Skotte wrote:
> Could you try to run kcmshell as root without using kdesudo ?
> # sudo -s
> # kcmshell kdmtheme

It says:
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-dmk" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

dmk is my username

> Also please paste your contents of the 20/30_kubuntu_default_settings
> also.

20:
USETHEME="true"
THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu"
USEBACKGROUND="true"
WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"

30:
THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/true-nature"
USEBACKGROUND="true"
USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
USETHEME="true"
WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"

BTW, I can apply changes and they are updated in
"30_kubuntu_default_settings", but at the start I see "circles" theme
(instead of true-nature), manually set about 3 weeks ago (I even don't
remember how I done it)

[dMk (dennismk-gmail)]

I just remember - I've changed
"Theme=/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/Circles" and "UseTheme=True"
in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 18:39 +0000, Stefan Skotte wrote:
> Could you try to run kcmshell as root without using kdesudo ?
> # sudo -s
> # kcmshell kdmtheme

It says:
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-dmk" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

dmk is my username

> Also please paste your contents of the 20/30_kubuntu_default_settings
> also.

20:
USETHEME="true"
THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu"
USEBACKGROUND="true"
WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"

30:
THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/true-nature"
USEBACKGROUND="true"
USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
USETHEME="true"
WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"

BTW, I can apply changes and they are updated in
"30_kubuntu_default_settings", but at the start I see "circles" theme
(instead of true-nature), manually set about 3 weeks ago (I even don't
remember how I done it)

[Stefan Skotte (screemo)]

Could you please change it back to this ?:

Theme=@@@ToBeReplacedByDesktopBase@@@

and remove

UseTheme=True

Retry the steps for changing etc., and remember to restart kdm
afterwards/ or reboot.

dMk wrote:
> I just remember - I've changed
> "Theme=/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/Circles" and "UseTheme=True"
> in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc
>
>
> On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 18:39 +0000, Stefan Skotte wrote:
>> Could you try to run kcmshell as root without using kdesudo ?
>> # sudo -s
>> # kcmshell kdmtheme
>
> It says:
> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-dmk" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
>
> dmk is my username
>
>> Also please paste your contents of the 20/30_kubuntu_default_settings
>> also.
>
> 20:
> USETHEME="true"
> THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu"
> USEBACKGROUND="true"
> WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
> USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
>
> 30:
> THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/true-nature"
> USEBACKGROUND="true"
> USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
> USETHEME="true"
> WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
>
> BTW, I can apply changes and they are updated in
> "30_kubuntu_default_settings", but at the start I see "circles" theme
> (instead of true-nature), manually set about 3 weeks ago (I even don't
> remember how I done it)
>

[dMk (dennismk-gmail)]

On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 19:33 +0000, Stefan Skotte wrote:
> Could you please change it back to this ?:
> Theme=@@@ToBeReplacedByDesktopBase@@@
> and remove
> UseTheme=True
>
> Retry the steps for changing etc., and remember to restart kdm
> afterwards/ or reboot.
>

I've changed it back, restarted kdm and I saw a default logon screen as
configured in System Settings -> Login Manager, and there is no themes.

[miraks (s-mankowski)]

Hi,
Here is the permissions on my files:

 ls -l /etc/default/kdm.d
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159 2007-09-28 10:34 20_kubuntu_default_settings
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159 2007-10-18 20:19 30_kubuntu_default_settings

 cat /etc/default/kdm.d/20_kubuntu_default_settings
USETHEME="true"
THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu"
USEBACKGROUND="true"
WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"

cat /etc/default/kdm.d/30_kubuntu_default_settings
THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/Krystal"
USEBACKGROUND="true"
USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
USETHEME="true"
WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"

Stefan Skotte a écrit :
> I just installed the final version of kubuntu 7.10, and followed the
> instructions provided in the first post:
>
> 1.) Install kdmtheme and kde-kdm-themes
> 2.) Startup System Settings.
> 3.) Appearance > KDM Theme Manager
> 4.) Click the Administrator Mode... button. And enter admin mode.
> 5.) Check Enable KDM Themes. <--- this button is enabled default by kdmtheme code! *
> 6.) Select a theme. <--- the list is active and allow selections
> 7.) Can not click the Apply button. <--- as needed the apply button is triggered when you select other than the currently active theme.
>
> kdmtheme in kubuntu uses /etc/kdm.d/20-* as default settings, and 30-*
> as customized.
>
> This is the permissions on the files in my default install:
>
> /etc/default/:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-10-22 11:38 kdm.d
>
> /etc/default/kdm.d/:
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159 2007-10-12 17:06 20_kubuntu_default_settings
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 2007-10-22 11:38 30_kubuntu_default_settings
>
> 20_kubuntu_default_settings:
>
> USETHEME="true"
> THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu"
> USEBACKGROUND="true"
> WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
> USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
>
> 30_kubuntu_default_settings (is there since I've selected to use the kubuntu theme without the userlist):
> THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu-no-userlist"
> USEBACKGROUND="true"
> USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
> USETHEME="true"
> WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
>
> Could you check your permissions on the abovementioned files and report
> that back please.
>
>

[miraks (s-mankowski)]

So am I:
sudo kcmshell kdmtheme
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 158
  Major opcode: 146
  Minor opcode: 3
  Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 158
  Major opcode: 146
  Minor opcode: 3
  Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-s" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

dMk a écrit :
> On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 18:39 +0000, Stefan Skotte wrote:
>
>> Could you try to run kcmshell as root without using kdesudo ?
>> # sudo -s
>> # kcmshell kdmtheme
>>
>
> It says:
> Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-dmk" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
>
> dmk is my username
>
>
>> Also please paste your contents of the 20/30_kubuntu_default_settings
>> also.
>>
>
> 20:
> USETHEME="true"
> THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu"
> USEBACKGROUND="true"
> WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
> USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
>
> 30:
> THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/true-nature"
> USEBACKGROUND="true"
> USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
> USETHEME="true"
> WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
>
> BTW, I can apply changes and they are updated in
> "30_kubuntu_default_settings", but at the start I see "circles" theme
> (instead of true-nature), manually set about 3 weeks ago (I even don't
> remember how I done it)
>
>

[JW (arch0njw)]

This is exactly the problem I'm having that I reported here (sorry for the duplicate): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kcontrol-kdmtheme/+bug/157086

I also tried editing my "/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc" and I was then able to get the kdm themes to work. Without doing that, no love. Here are my 20' and 30' default settings files from /etc/default/kdm.d

$ cat 20_kubuntu_default_settings
USETHEME="true"
THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/kubuntu"
USEBACKGROUND="true"
WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"
USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"

$ cat 30_kubuntu_default_settings
THEME="/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/Human"
USEBACKGROUND="true"
USESYSTEMLOCALE="true"
USETHEME="true"
WALLPAPER="/usr/share/wallpapers/kubuntu-wallpaper.png"

I also tried sudo kcmshell kdmtheme and here are the results:

$ sudo kcmshell kdmtheme
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-jwheaton" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

[klerfayt (klerfayt-deactivatedaccount)]

hi there seems to be described two different bugs in replies:
1)the bug that original reporter describes as "not functioning kdmtheme manager" is fixed with 1.2.2 version:
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/KDM+Theme+Manager?content=22120
(which I have trouble compiling ...)

2)the other bug is actually independent of this and can't really be considered a bug:
the changes applied to kdm settings will only be visible after reboot or after "sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart" (one example of not applying changes after you log out: try to set manually path to different kdm theme - changes will not be visible if you log out)
workaround to get old behaviour back:
sudo mv /etc/default/kdm.d/20_kubuntu_default_settings /somewhere
add "UseTheme=True" and "Theme=/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/your\ favorite\ theme" to /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

[klerfayt (klerfayt-deactivatedaccount)]

btw. what's the point of /etc/default/kdm.d/20_kubuntu_default_settings file anyway?

[klerfayt (klerfayt-deactivatedaccount)]

the other bug described here, not related to kdmtheme module:
#132723