--- On Fri, 10/22/10, David Jardine <da...@jardine.de> wrote:
> From: David Jardine <da...@jardine.de> > Subject: Re: text-only login is root? > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: pos...@att.net > Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 1:42 AM > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 05:26:38PM > -0700, post id wrote: > > > > > > --- On Thu, 10/21/10, David Jardine <da...@jardine.de> > wrote: > > > > [...] > > > I can't find a setting with this web mail > > that affects line length. I'll do manual carriage > returns until > > I find a solution. > > > > Isn't that a good enough solution? :) > > > > [...] > > > > Now I read a claim that if one didn't use > a login > > > manager to log in and start X, then one was > logging in with root > > > privileges. > > > > > > Where did you read that nonsense? > > > > I stumbled across it as I was reading howtos on > installations > > on the Internet. > > Well, forget it. > > > [...] > > > > And since that X session was started in that screen > > it's still there running when I do a ctrl+alt+f1. > > Right. If you move to (probably) tty7, you'll be back > in your X > session. > > > The login manager doesn't use a screen to start X, so > > it doesn't show up on a screen, right? > > I'm afraid I don't know about login managers. > > > > > So what's the following that appears on the screen?: > > Entering Restore TV > > Restore TV PLL > > Restore TV HV > > Restore TV Restarts > > Restore Timing Tables > > Restore TV Standard > > Leaving Restore TV > > They're messages left by startx (or programs called by > startx). I have > no idea what those particular ones mean, but they look > unproblematic. > Better than the error messages I always see. :) > > > > > This is a laptop with an LCD screen. > > Is it trying to drive an external monitor? > > No idea. > > > [...] > > > You just have to > learn how to close your X > > > session down properly. > > > > > So how do I shut down X properly? On this laptop I > > usually do "shutdown -h now" from a console when I'm > > ready to quit. > > > > We'd need to know more about your setup to answer > that. Are you using a > window manager (fluxbox? blackbox? fvwm?...)? You can > always close your > X session by brute force with ctrl-alt-backspace; closing > all running > applications (including xterms) ususally does it more > elegantly. > > Cheers, > David > My setup is a seven-year-old laptop, with Lenny and Fluxbox and Icewm. The laptop has a cd/cdrw/dvd drive, a 40GB hard drive, wifi and ethernet. Most-used software are browser and email plus some office and DTP apps. To shutdown, I usually manually close down apps, then do "shutdown -h now" in an Xterm. Is there a better way? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/952989.94213...@web180316.mail.gq1.yahoo.com