On Saturday 14 February 2004 05:34 am, Margot wrote: > Charlie wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 07:09 am, robin wrote: > >>Margot wrote: > >>>robin wrote: > >>>>Margot wrote: > >>>>>I must have done something really stupid, but I don't know what...! > >>>>> > >>>>>Up until a couple of weeks ago, I used to be able to click on the > >>>>>Logout button, get a choice of 3 options (Login as different user; > >>>>>Turn off computer; Restart computer) select 'Turn off computer', and > >>>>>everything would gradually shut down and eventually the power would > >>>>>switch off. > >>>>> > >>>>>This doesn't happen any more! When I select 'Turn off computer' I get > >>>>>a black screen with a white mouse pointer arrow in the middle, > >>>>>keyboard and mouse don't work, and nothing shuts down - I have to > >>>>>switch off the power switch button. When I switch on next day, system > >>>>>complains that it has shut down 'uncleanly'. > >>>>> > >>>>>Only way I've found to get a clean shutdown now is to open a > >>>>>terminal, su to root (doesn't work as user!), and do 'shutdown -h -t > >>>>>10 now'. > >>>>> > >>>>>What have I done? How do I fix it? > >>>>> > >>>>>Seems ridiculous that I have to be root to shut down the computer! Is > >>>>>this some sort of permissions problem? > >>>> > >>>>Only allowing root to be able to shut down the computer goes way back > >>>>to the early days of Unix, where you didn't want ordinary users to be > >>>>able to shut down or reboot terminals. Consequently, AFAIK it is still > >>>>the default on Unix-type systems. > >>>> > >>>>Make sure that auto-login is off in MCC, then enable it in KDE (System > >>>>-> Login Manager, and click Administrator Mode). That might do the > >>>>trick. Occasionally some other system change will reset it, which > >>>>might be the cause of your problem (for example, I had to go back and > >>>>put in the settings I wanted after updating KDE). > >>>> > >>>>Sir Robin > >>> > >>>Thanks for the suggestion Robin. Unfortunately I don't have a 'Login > >>>Manager' option on the System section (or anywhere else) on my KDE menu. > >>>Can you (or some other kind person) tell me what the package is called, > >>>so I can call it up from a terminal? > >> > >>Don't go through the menu, go to the KDE Control Center (which normally > >>appears on the menu as "Configure your desktop"). Sorry, I should have > >>made that clear. > >> > >>Sir Robin > > > > or in a terminal type kcontrol for the KDE control centre or MCC for > > Mandrake control centre. > > > > Charlie. > > Well I found it, and shutdown is currently set to be allowed by > "Everybody" - trouble is, "Everybody" doesn't seem to include *me* at > the moment...I feel like some sort of outcast... :-( I had that trouble in XCDroast had to add group aron and group sandbox to get it to work > > Margot
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