Le mer 05/11/2003 à 08:29, Mpiktas a écrit : > Hi, > > > > In my case, gdm doesn't ask me for the root password. But it doesn't > > shutdown ! The shutdown dialog just disappears when I click OK, and > > nothing else. I have to ctrl-alt-F1, login as root and halt. > > Weird. > > > > Really? Or does it ask the root password after all? At first I didn't noticed > > that gdm asks the password. Everything was as you said. After trying to solve > > the problem I read what was on the screen after I chose shutdown from menu > and > voila, gdm asked to enter the root password. > > I hope that this problem is as simple as I described:)
I just tested it (I don't switch my machine off that often), you are right. Effectively it's not obvious at all. Time to redesign this part of the GUI :) Xav