----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 22:25 Subject: Re: GUI login screen.
> Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Roberto Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 08:41 > >Subject: Re: GUI login screen. > > > >I do not dissagree on any point. However it should be my choice. Should I > >do something so stupid as download as root or read mail then I will be the > >one to pick up what pieces are left. I am sure you have heard of welcha and > >blaster, been there done that, they dont ask permission. Maybe you dont > >understand what I, and others, want. Idealy if the gui login screen added > >3 items it would solve a lot of problems and would not incur any security > >risks. > >1. Reboot (If I want to go to Windows) > >2. Shutdown (If I want to go to bed) > >3. Text mode.(If I want to do something as root) > > > > > > You can set Debian up to do this; Debian is just set up to not do this > by default. You can always over-ride defaults, but Debian does not have > the purpose of winning people over with trinkets; Debian is designed for > stability, security, robustness, Freedom, ease of maintenance. What > you're asking for is more of a feature found on single-user computers; > Debian tends to be geared more toward multi-user computers. > > In other words; "it is your choice". But it's not the default. > > All you have to do is figure out how to over-ride the defaults. Since I > usually don't use gdm or kdm, etc, I'm not familiar with where those > things are set up. But looking in KDE real quick, I see there's a > Control Panel, with a Login Manager control, that has a Sessions tab, > that looks to be just what you're looking for. I suspect gdm and others > have similar options. > > >Incidently Cntl-alt-del doesnt work from gnome. I expected it would. > > > > > > I believe you'll find that it doesn't work anywhere in X, not just > Gnome. Unless of course you've reconfigured your window manager/etc for > it to work. I have no idea where that setting might be. > > -- > Kent > Thank you at last a starting point. Hoyt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
