Re: [Fwd: Re: gdm in Gnome 2.4 shutdown even harder]
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 05:58:49PM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote: > I guess it was misdirected ... Huh? I am completely confused as to why you sent this message to debian-x. Can you provide some context, please? -- G. Branden Robinson| You could wire up a dead rat to a Debian GNU/Linux | DIMM socket and the PC BIOS memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] | test would pass it just fine. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Ethan Benson signature.asc Description: Digital signature
[Fwd: Re: gdm in Gnome 2.4 shutdown even harder]
I guess it was misdirected ... --- Begin Message --- I had the same problem and found an easy solution, I'll post it here even if nobody's really interested in it ;-). In /etc/gdm/gdm.conf you have to set "SecureSystemMenu=false" like that you will get the old behaviour. Bye, Marcel -- Marcel Gschwandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The day Microsoft invents something that doesn't suck is the day they start making vacuum cleaners. -- Ernst Jan Plugge --- End Message ---
Re: gdm in Gnome 2.4 shutdown even harder
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
