----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 07:37 Subject: Re: GUI login screen.
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 06:59:02PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > > You can almost certainly reconfigure GDM to allow you to do this, but > > it's still a REALLY silly idea. Using sudo is a good habit to get into, > > and it WILL save your arse at some point. > > Well, gdm asks for the root password in order to shut down, I think; so > it's not too silly. (You can probably configure it in other ways too.) > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thanks. I told you I would try your suggestions. Here is what happened: Loged in as me at GUI login screen Selected Control Panel from gnome start menu under Debian selected Configure X Window (I told you gdm apparantly I was wrong) Input root password (now I'm root in X Windows) Now the panel has only X(red)cancel useable the rest are grayed out as is the panel Select cancel Open a drawer that has logout button inside All programs except Terminal are gone from both drawers. Select terminal Issue comand: sudo shutdown -r now Password: root password Failed Password: My password Failed with message that I would be reported to me. Punched logout button on gnome start menu and went to GUI login cntrl-alt-F1 Text mode login ? is it time to reinstall ? Regards: Hoyt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
