On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 13:53:09 +0000 Mark Hindley <m...@hindley.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 08:39:45AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > Just wondering -- did it refuse to boot or be otherwise seriously > > unusable until you had installed elogind and libelogind0? Were > > your text-only consoles affected? Or did it just interfere with > > desktops? > > > > And just curious -- never heard of these before systemd. What do > > they do? > > From https://github.com/elogind/elogind/: > > 'The systemd project's "logind", extracted to a standalone package' Extracted to a standalone package is a small step in the right direction. > > It keeps a record of logins, seats and sessions and maps pids to > those so that desktoppy things like being able to reboot from the > desktop work without having to become root. IIRC, I've been able to reboot from the Window manager for about 20 years now. Systemd! SteveT Steve Litt December 2019 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
