Re: [newbie] login manager

2005-03-15 Thread Michel Leunen
Kaj Haulrich wrote: Michel, as far as I understand you want to log in as a new user in order to see if KDE works, OK ? If so, just create a new user from a root konsole, like this : # adduser [username here] Then you'll be prompted for a new unix password, just choose some and carry on. When

[newbie] login manager

2005-03-14 Thread Michel Leunen
Sometimes ago, Anne wilson told me to use the Mandrake login manager to enable/disable users in the login window: Try kcontrol System Login Manager and check whether the user is enabled there. What is the name of this Login manager? The one to type in a terminal. Since I've lost kde, I use

Re: [newbie] login manager

2005-03-14 Thread Dan Gordon
On March 14, 2005 04:13 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: kcontrol is a kde app, so you won't be able to do it from XFCE I think, but you could try, if you have kde installed. The login manager is one sub-section under kcontrol. I run any and all KDE apps from XFCE, that should not be any problem.

Re: [newbie] login manager

2005-03-14 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 14 Mar 2005 21:44, Dan Gordon wrote: On March 14, 2005 04:13 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: kcontrol is a kde app, so you won't be able to do it from XFCE I think, but you could try, if you have kde installed. The login manager is one sub-section under kcontrol. I run any and all KDE

Re: [newbie] login manager

2005-03-14 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 14 March 2005 22:04, Michel Leunen wrote: Sometimes ago, Anne wilson told me to use the Mandrake login manager to enable/disable users in the login window: Try kcontrol System Login Manager and check whether the user is enabled there. What is the name of this Login manager? The

Re: [newbie] login manager

2005-03-14 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 14 Mar 2005 21:04, Michel Leunen wrote: Sometimes ago, Anne wilson told me to use the Mandrake login manager to enable/disable users in the login window: Try kcontrol System Login Manager and check whether the user is enabled there. What is the name of this Login manager? The

[newbie] login in to shell as default

2005-02-16 Thread Michael Hahn
Sorry for such a basic question - but I installed Mandrake 10.1 last night ona server I'm setting up, and I wanted it to default to the shell, rather than KDE, on boot. I can't seem to figure out how to bypass the very pretty, but unnessary, to even get it to just the shell.

Re: [newbie] login in to shell as default

2005-02-16 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Michael Hahn wrote: Sorry for such a basic question - but I installed Mandrake 10.1 last night on a server I'm setting up, and I wanted it to default to the shell, rather than KDE, on boot. I can't seem to figure out how to bypass the very pretty, but unnessary, to even get it to just the

Re: [newbie] login in to shell as default

2005-02-16 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Wednesday 16 February 2005 15:31, Michael Hahn wrote: Sorry for such a basic question - but I installed Mandrake 10.1 last night on a server I'm setting up, and I wanted it to default to the shell, rather than KDE, on boot. I can't seem to figure out how to bypass the very pretty, but

[newbie] login problem

2005-02-13 Thread Mr Steve Harris
Hello, My son recently installed Mandrake 10.1 over 9.2 on my machine. While most things seem to be going smoothly, sometimes it takes a long time to log in. The machine has a p3 and 256MB RAM. It gets to the GUI login screen. I log in, but it then sits there and does nothing for

Re: [newbie] login problem

2005-02-13 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 13 February 2005 11:20, Mr Steve Harris wrote: Hello, My son recently installed Mandrake 10.1 over 9.2 on my machine. While most things seem to be going smoothly, sometimes it takes a long time to log in. The machine has a p3 and 256MB RAM. It gets to the GUI login screen. I

Re: [newbie] login problem

2005-02-13 Thread Chuck MATTSEN
Derek Jennings wrote: This is possibly because you upgraded instead of installing. You are still using devfs instead of udev. To fix it. Install udev Edit /etc/lilo.conf and in each stanza in the 'append' line change the devfs option to 'devfs=nomount' Then run 'lilo -v' to rewrite your boot

Re: [newbie] login problem

2005-02-13 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 13 February 2005 20:37, Chuck MATTSEN wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: This is possibly because you upgraded instead of installing. You are still using devfs instead of udev. To fix it. Install udev Edit /etc/lilo.conf and in each stanza in the 'append' line change the devfs

Re: [newbie] login problem

2005-02-13 Thread Chuck MATTSEN
Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 13 February 2005 20:37, Chuck MATTSEN wrote: Hey, Derek ... I've also done as you suggest above in switching to udev, but at boot I'm getting a lot of error messages reading: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory Is there something else that must be

[newbie] login sounds

2004-11-29 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, Where can I adjust/change the login theme sound? I use KDE on LM10. tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] login as root?

2004-09-29 Thread javier garcia
Hi all; I've just installed Mandrake Linux 9.1. In my old version (8.2) when I installed it I had the possibility to enter as root in the X11 interface, but now I just can login as one of the additional user I've created but I can't see any option to enter as root. ¿Has this changed or am I

Re: [newbie] login as root?

2004-09-29 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: javier garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:05:16 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] login as root? Hi all; I've just installed Mandrake Linux 9.1. In my old version (8.2) when I installed it I had the possibility to enter as root

Re: [newbie] login as root?

2004-09-29 Thread charlie
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:05 pm, javier garcia thought these things and wrote: Hi all; I've just installed Mandrake Linux 9.1. In my old version (8.2) when I installed it I had the possibility to enter as root in the X11 interface, but now I just can login as one of the additional user I've

[newbie] Login restrictions by time

2004-08-13 Thread Rob Toner
Has anyone run across a rpm/program that can restrict a user from loging into a box based on time? I remember that Novell/Windows allows you to configure this, thought it would be very nice to help restrict younger children. Thanks.

Re: [newbie] Login restrictions by time

2004-08-13 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Rob Toner wrote: Has anyone run across a rpm/program that can restrict a user from loging into a box based on time? I remember that Novell/Windows allows you to configure this, thought it would be very nice to help restrict younger children. Thanks. You may want to check out the time.conf

Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings

2004-05-25 Thread Video 4Linux
Correct. I have sucurity level higher (though that that was wise to do as a newbie). Is it recommended to set it to high? Bas From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 22:14

Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings

2004-05-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 25 May 2004 07:57, Video 4Linux wrote: Correct. I have sucurity level higher (though that that was wise to do as a newbie). Is it recommended to set it to high? No For a desktop machine it is recommended to set it to standard Hence the name 'standard'. Standard security in Linux is

Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings

2004-05-25 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 25 May 2004 08:57, Video 4Linux wrote: Correct. I have sucurity level higher (though that that was wise to do as a newbie). Is it recommended to set it to high? Bas From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie

Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings

2004-05-25 Thread Video 4Linux
-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 22:14:41 +0200 On Monday 24 May 2004 21:53, Video 4Linux wrote: Hello, I´m taking my first steps in mandrake 10 and have the following problem: I want to make

[newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings

2004-05-24 Thread Video 4Linux
Hello, I´m taking my first steps in mandrake 10 and have the following problem: I want to make it possible for every user to reboot and halt the system. What I did is in the SystemConfigurationKDESystemLogin Manager change Allow Shutdown from nobody to everybody. This works fine because when I

Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings

2004-05-24 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Monday 24 May 2004 21:53, Video 4Linux wrote: Hello, I´m taking my first steps in mandrake 10 and have the following problem: I want to make it possible for every user to reboot and halt the system. What I did is in the SystemConfigurationKDESystemLogin Manager change Allow Shutdown

[newbie] login manager doesn't work after upgrade

2004-03-03 Thread Jonas Claesson
Hi! Running 10RC1 and today I updated to latest rpms from cooker and after the update I cant login using normal login (ie, init5 and login manager). Starting in textmode and calling startx works fine but whenever i the the mdkkdm/kdm/xdm ,enter username/password and press the login button it

Re: [newbie] login display managers

2003-12-11 Thread Paul Kaplan
IBM Thinkpad T40 w/ ATI Radeon M7. I forgot to mention that startx works perfectly from the command line. On Wednesday 10 December 2003 10:24 pm, E. Hines wrote: On Wednesday 10 December 2003 02:48 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: I'm having some odd problems with kdm and xdm on 9.2. If I

Re: [newbie] login display managers

2003-12-11 Thread E. Hines
On Thursday 11 December 2003 03:09 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: IBM Thinkpad T40 w/ ATI Radeon M7. I forgot to mention that startx works perfectly from the command line. I loaded 9.1 on a Gateway 450 with that card. Got the same lockup at shutdown and the only cure was a hard reboot. startx

[newbie] login display managers

2003-12-10 Thread Paul Kaplan
I'm having some odd problems with kdm and xdm on 9.2. If I configure the system to boot to kdm, it launches fine. After entering a username and password, the dialog box disappears, showing the default background, then the screen blanks for a few seconds and then X restarts and I'm back to the

Re: [newbie] login display managers

2003-12-10 Thread E. Hines
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 02:48 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: I'm having some odd problems with kdm and xdm on 9.2. If I configure the system to boot to kdm, it launches fine. After entering a username and password, the dialog box disappears, showing the default background, then the screen

[newbie] Login Help

2003-01-16 Thread Tom
I was changing the video setting in Mandrake Control Center on a 9.0 system.All I changed the video card, tested it, then logged out of KDE. Now I cannot login to the system unless I am root. None of the users can log into it. Any ideas as to what would cause this? Thanks, Tom

Re: [newbie] Login Help

2003-01-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 04:56, Tom wrote: I was changing the video setting in Mandrake Control Center on a 9.0 system. All I changed the video card, tested it, then logged out of KDE. Now I cannot login to the system unless I am root. None of the users can log into it. Any ideas as

Re: [newbie] login script modification

2002-12-17 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On Monday 16 Dec 2002 4:16 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 15 Dec 2002 6:42 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: On Friday 13 Dec 2002 7:02 am, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:21:35 +0530 L.V.Gandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using KDM for login in mdk 9. I want a script to be

Re: [newbie] login script modification

2002-12-16 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 15 Dec 2002 6:42 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: On Friday 13 Dec 2002 7:02 am, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:21:35 +0530 L.V.Gandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using KDM for login in mdk 9. I want a script to be executed as root whenever somebody do login so that it can

Re: [newbie] login script modification

2002-12-12 Thread Todd Slater
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:21:35 +0530 L.V.Gandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using KDM for login in mdk 9. I want a script to be executed as root whenever somebody do login so that it can modify permission of some files that can be changed only by root. How to do it? How about creating a new

Re: [newbie] ??Login Manager??

2002-08-26 Thread Art Juera
Could you give me a hint on what the Subject shall I search. I tried scanning it one by one but can't find. I'm a newbie and I'm just starting to learn linux. Thanks a lot. On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 12:31, Mark Weaver wrote: Art Juera wrote: How can I limit access to my computer by

[newbie] .login problems.

2002-04-19 Thread drosera
Hi! I read somewhere that you can put commands in the .login file in a user home dir. When a user logs in those commands will be executed. Whatever I try, when I login the .login file isn't processed :-( HELP ;-) Greets, Drosera! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] Login

2002-04-11 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 09 April 2002 11:26 pm, Brian York wrote: How do you keep users from showing up at the login screen for mandrake 8.2? Thanks Brian If you use kdm then as root open KDEControl Centre (kcontrol) KDEControl CentreSystemLoginManagerUsers either select UID threshold or else set

[newbie] Login

2002-04-10 Thread Brian York
How do you keep users from showing up at the login screen for mandrake 8.2? Thanks Brian _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Login Menu

2001-12-24 Thread Pauljames Dimitriu
Hello, When I (re)installed Linux, I selected the option of automatically logging into one account. This is fine, but when I log out and I want to log in as root, I don't get the graphical menu, all I get is the command line. Two questions: 1) From the command line, how do I start

Re: [newbie] Login Menu

2001-12-24 Thread Derek Jennings
Mandrake Control CentreBootBootConfig Check the box to Launch X window on start Check No autologin It will then boot into the graphical logon BTW:Logging in as root is discouraged. That is why the background is that sickly red colour, and there are no icons in the tool bar, and it is also why

[newbie] login problem with 8.1

2001-11-08 Thread Franki
Hi all, I am having a small problem, recently I installed 8.1 on a box, and installed 2.4.12-5 kernel.. all went well. So anyway, I started by using msec to increase security to high.,.. and started opening all the stuff that I needed. then I added amavis and started setting it up as a

[newbie] Login prompt

2001-09-27 Thread Peter Watson
I had a problem with settings in X and could only see a blank screen when KDE started at boot-time. I managed to fix this with the Xfree86config tool, but I decided it would be easier to boot to a cosole login prompt and so I changed my default run level to 3 in /etc/inittab. This works

Re: [newbie] Login Manager

2001-09-24 Thread Dave Sherman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 24 September 2001 03:12 pm, Dave Naylor wrote: Hi Its annoying me that I cant figure this out, but how does one change from the default KDM Login Manager to say GDM? 1. Make sure that gdm is installed (it probably is). 2. Edit the file

Re: [newbie] Login Manager

2001-09-24 Thread Dave Naylor
Hi On Monday 24 September 2001 21:24, you wrote: Its annoying me that I cant figure this out, but how does one change from the default KDM Login Manager to say GDM? 1. Make sure that gdm is installed (it probably is). 2. Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and change KDE to GNOME Hey

Re: [newbie] Login Manager

2001-09-24 Thread Dave Sherman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 24 September 2001 03:35 pm, Dave Naylor wrote: Hi On Monday 24 September 2001 21:24, you wrote: Its annoying me that I cant figure this out, but how does one change from the default KDM Login Manager to say GDM? 1. Make sure

Re: [newbie] Login Manager

2001-09-24 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Check in /etc/inittab for prefdm (I don't remember where prefdm is, and I'm not near a linux box at the moment). Within that file, is the definition for which login manager you will be using. Just change it to the desired login manager kdm,gdm, or xdm... Ric Dave Sherman wrote: -BEGIN

Re: [newbie] Login Manager

2001-09-24 Thread David Robertson
You need to create a file /etc/sysconfig/desktop and just insert the line DESKTOP=GNOME (without quotes). There should be a setting in /etc/X11/prefdm that specifies gdm if the preferred desktop is gnome - I can't remember the details but I think the file is OK as it comes in LM 8.0, so all I

Re: [newbie] Login Manager

2001-09-24 Thread David Robertson
It didn't exist in my system either, but I found that just GNOME didn't work - it had to be DESKTOP=GNOME David On Monday 24 September 2001 9:44 pm, you wrote: On Monday 24 September 2001 03:35 pm, Dave Naylor wrote: Hi On Monday 24 September 2001 21:24, you wrote: Its annoying me

[newbie] login manager

2001-09-09 Thread David Robertson
Hi, everyone. I've just defected to Mandrake 8.0 from RH 7.1 because I'm not too happy with the way that RH is going as a company and so far I like it a lot, especially the ease with which you can update. However, I prefer to run Gnome and would rather log in with gdm, but can't get rid of KDM!

Re: [newbie] login manager

2001-09-09 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 09 Sep 2001 15:01:57 -0400, David Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, everyone. I've just defected to Mandrake 8.0 from RH 7.1 because I'm not too happy with the way that RH is going as a company and so far I like it a lot, especially the ease with which you can update. However, I

Re: [newbie] login manager

2001-09-09 Thread cc tsim
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] login manager Date: 09 Sep 2001 15:01:57 -0400 Hi, everyone. I've just defected to Mandrake 8.0 from RH 7.1 because I'm not too happy with the way that RH is going as a company and so far I like it a lot, especially the ease with which you can update

Re: [newbie] login manager

2001-09-09 Thread H. Narfi Stefansson
However, I prefer to run Gnome and would rather log in with gdm, but can't get rid of KDM! I've created /etc/sysconfig/desktop containing only GNOME and /etc/X11/prefdm does seem to specify gdm if the preferred desktop is Gnome, but every time I start up, there's KDM! How do I change this

[newbie] Login

2001-09-04 Thread SK
Hi! I have change the Linux telnet defaut information : Leader Universal Holdings Berhad login: Can I change the login name too ??? For example ...change to userid: Best Regards, SKLIM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] login problem

2001-07-30 Thread etharp
first, you must disable the USB support in your BIOS, even if you do not have a USB device or even the ports external to your computer box, since the mother board might still support it and want to be ready should you ever do plug in a USB device. second, it may be that you need to hit apply

Re: [newbie] login problem

2001-07-30 Thread Charlie Oriez
On Saturday 28 July 2001 12:46, Frans Ketelaars wrote: [frans@localhost frans]$ cat /etc/modules.conf | grep 180 alias char-major-180 usb-ohci so it seems to have something to do with USB. The Can't locate module ... means just that: modprobe cannot find the module, it does not exist or

Re: [newbie] login problem

2001-07-28 Thread root
On Friday 27 July 2001 08:47, etharp wrote: well, we can look at the logs, if you want, or we could create a new user from the text prompt, and see how it logs in. per this suggestion, I pulled /var/log/syslog and compared a failed login to a good one, and see one difference. Below are the

Re: [newbie] login problem

2001-07-28 Thread Frans Ketelaars
root wrote: On Friday 27 July 2001 08:47, etharp wrote: well, we can look at the logs, if you want, or we could create a new user from the text prompt, and see how it logs in. per this suggestion, I pulled /var/log/syslog and compared a failed login to a good one, and see one

Re: [newbie] login problem

2001-07-28 Thread etharp
have you ever tried to compile a kernel? on this machine? did you have this problem before that? On Saturday 28 July 2001 09:36, root wrote: On Friday 27 July 2001 08:47, etharp wrote: well, we can look at the logs, if you want, or we could create a new user from the text prompt, and see

Re: [newbie] login problem

2001-07-28 Thread root
On Saturday 28 July 2001 08:40, etharp wrote: have you ever tried to compile a kernel? on this machine? did you have this problem before that? nope. I reformatted my linux partititions and installed 8.0 clean, avoiding expert mode because I'm not an expert. -- Gentlemen, it's in beta.

Re: [newbie] login problem

2001-07-27 Thread root
On Friday 27 July 2001 04:43, etharp wrote: is this while you wait to login? have you installed mandrake security and what level? (paranoid?) or a firewall? what reaction are you expecting? i was expecting no reaction, since I had never heard of that method of logging on before. I hit alt-f4

Re: [newbie] login problem

2001-07-27 Thread etharp
well, we can look at the logs, if you want, or we could create a new user from the text prompt, and see how it logs in. On Friday 27 July 2001 09:05, root wrote: On Friday 27 July 2001 04:43, etharp wrote: is this while you wait to login? have you installed mandrake security and what

[newbie] login problem

2001-07-26 Thread root
running mandrake 8.0 on occasions following what is currently an undectable pattern, I get to the login window where i would enter root or my user name and password, enter the uid and password correctly, the system thinks for awhile and bounces me back to the same login window. I have to

Re: [newbie] login problem

2001-07-26 Thread etharp
what happens if you hit ctrl+alt+f4 (or any other f-key up to f6) and log in? On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:30, root wrote: running mandrake 8.0 on occasions following what is currently an undectable pattern, I get to the login window where i would enter root or my user name and password,

Re: [newbie] login problem

2001-07-26 Thread root
On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:34, etharp wrote: what happens if you hit ctrl+alt+f4 (or any other f-key up to f6) and log in? nothing. no reaction at all On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:30, root wrote: running mandrake 8.0 on occasions following what is currently an undectable pattern, I

RE: [newbie] login Manager

2001-07-21 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sridhar Dhanapalan Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 5:16 AM To: Jose M. Sanchez; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] login Manager On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 18:31, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: Each display manager

Re: [newbie] login Manager

2001-07-21 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 17:18, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sridhar Dhanapalan Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 5:16 AM To: Jose M. Sanchez; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] login Manager On Fri, 20 Jul

Re: [newbie] login Manager

2001-07-20 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=964 On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:10, Kevin Fonner wrote: I wish to under stand the login manager better. Can you use GDM to login to the system? It seems to be more configurable then the regular login manager. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two

Re: [newbie] login Manager

2001-07-20 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
for their configuration files. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kevin Fonner Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] login Manager I wish to under stand the login manager better. Can you use GDM

[newbie] login/logout/shutdown question

2001-05-04 Thread Jeffery Chapman
I recently installed Mandrake 7.2. When I boot the system I don't see the login window with the Penguin icons that the manual says I'm supposed to see. Instead I get a plain box with login and password text fields and an OK button. There are no options for shutdown or session type. In the lower

Re: [newbie] login/logout/shutdown question

2001-05-04 Thread s
Well, that may be the default gnome login. Isn't there a drop down menubar at the top of the box/graphic? -s On Friday 04 May 2001 08:59 am, you wrote: I recently installed Mandrake 7.2. When I boot the system I don't see the login window with the Penguin icons that the manual says I'm

[newbie] Login screen options

2001-03-18 Thread Ross Slade
[Mandrake 7.2] On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Go to the directory /etc/X11/wmsession.d. You will see that the contents are text files with names like 01KDE, 02GNOME and 06XFce, depending on what you have installed. If you have an environment installed that is not

Re: [newbie] Login screen options

2001-03-18 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Ross, Perhaps the numbers at the start of the filenames are the problem, although I wouldn't think so. I have the files 01KDE, 02GNOME, 06XFce and 07IceWM. Their contents are as follows: -- 01KDE -- NAME=KDE ICON=kde-wmsession.xpm DESC=The K Desktop Environment

Re: [newbie] Login screen options

2001-03-15 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Do you have the packages locales and locales-en (assuming your preferred language is English) installed? You can find them at http://www.rpmfind.net/. Look for the Mandrake versions, or you can get them off your Mandrake CD. On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:55, Ross Slade wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2001,

[newbie] Login screen options

2001-03-14 Thread Ross Slade
[Mandrake 7.2] After recently downloading some stuff with Gnome Helix installer I discover that when I reboot I have lost my window manager options from the graphical logon screen. What I have left in the little drop down box where they appear is an option for "failsafe" (which still works)

Re: [newbie] Login screen options

2001-03-14 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
I had the same problem when I installed Helix (now Ximian) GNOME. Go to the directory /etc/X11/wmsession.d. You will see that the contents are text files with names like 01KDE, 02GNOME and 06XFce, depending on what you have installed. If you have an environment installed that is not

[newbie] Login Screen Size

2000-12-31 Thread Neville Cobb
I have installed my system to a resolution of 1280x1024 using the experienced option but the login screen appears to be at very low resolution. Can I up the resolution of the login screen and how. When I previously installed using the customised option the login screen matched the X resolution

[newbie] Login/font problems

2000-12-31 Thread Kipling Cooper
Happy 7th day of Christmas! (7 penguins a swimming?) The message I sent earlier this morning has not yet appeared, so hear is some more information on the same problems. The Linux login works almost to the end. The last entry I can read says : Running Linuxconf hooks Then something about

[newbie] Login manager

2000-12-23 Thread a r
Hi, Can anyone help me this is a little long but bare with me (please!)... When login manager loads and presents the login screen the background behind it is configurable once you login (assuming KDE) via the control centre and then system/login manager. Now there seems to be a bug coz when I

RE: [newbie] Login manager

2000-12-23 Thread skalvin
Yes! It happens the same to me. And when I select an icon, apears a black box. - Original Message - From: a r [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 4:58 PM Subject: [newbie] Login manager Hi, Can anyone help me this is a little long but bare

Re: [newbie] login screen

2000-12-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
arles - Original Message - From: "pablito" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] login screen Sorry to ask this question again, but: In normal installation of Mandrake 7.2, the login screen has two fields

Re: [newbie] login screen

2000-11-30 Thread pablito
After updating a few files, the login screen switched to the gnome login instead of the previous login screen. The other login screen had more features. how do I switch back?

Re: [newbie] login screen

2000-11-30 Thread Paul
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, pablito wrote: After updating a few files, the login screen switched to the gnome login instead of the previous login screen. The other login screen had more features. how do I switch back? What was "the previous login screen"? We do need to know where you came from if

Re: [newbie] login screen

2000-11-30 Thread pablito
It didn't say KDE on it, but it is the default one that comes up when you install. the gnome login has a picture of a penguin in an igloo. - Original Message - From: "Paul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [new

Re: [newbie] login manager

2000-11-26 Thread poogle
Kde control centre - system - login manager (do this as root) On Saturday 25 November 2000 19:07, Gary A. Garibaldi wrote: How do I change the background color of log in manager with LM 7.2

[newbie] login manager

2000-11-25 Thread Gary A. Garibaldi
How do I change the background color of log in manager with LM 7.2 -- Thank you. Gary A. Garibaldi Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Registered Linux User: 188550 -- 11:00am up 14 min, 1 user, load average: 0.09,

Re: [newbie] Login without window manager choice

2000-11-13 Thread M.J. Constant
é pour toi. - Original Message - From: "Francois Bouffard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 11:21 AM Subject: [newbie] Login without window manager choice I just installed Mandrake 7.2 -- it is my 3rd Linux Mandrake installation and

Re: [newbie] Login without window manager choice

2000-11-12 Thread Tom
On Sunday 12 November 2000 10:21 am, Francois Bouffard wrote: I just installed Mandrake 7.2 -- it is my 3rd Linux Mandrake installation and it's always been OK with the previous two (MDK 6.1 and 7.1). But now, after X is launched, instead of having the Linux Mandrake login prompt with the

[newbie] Login problem...

2000-11-10 Thread Vincent A.Primavera
Hello, When I reboot my system running 7.2 just before the graphical login appears I get a message that says something like "user does not exist!" then the graphical login appears as usual. Does anyone know why this would happen? Thank You, Vincent A. Primavera

[newbie] login as root goes in as Icewm even if I choose KDE

2000-11-09 Thread Paul . Newman
in 7.2, login as root results in Icewm popping up even if I choose KDE. What gives? -- Disclaimer notice: This message and any attachments are confidential and should only be read by those to whom they are addressed.

[newbie] login and logout files

2000-09-24 Thread Jeff Malka
I would like to put fortune in my login or logout files, but I cannot find where these login and logout files are located. Could some one point me in the right direction? When I do locate .login I get a long list and am not sure which is the correct files to use. Thanks -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] login and logout files

2000-09-24 Thread Jeff Malka
Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] login and logout files 2000-09-24. Incoming bitstream from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would like to put fortune in my login

Re: [newbie] login and logout files

2000-09-24 Thread Adam
possibly editing /etc/motd could give you the login part of what you want, but as for logout, i have no idea - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Jeff Malka" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 9:15 AM

[newbie] login problem

2000-09-15 Thread Timothy S Hare
Hello, I cannot login anymore. I just upgraded a few packages. In particular I upgraded initscripts to something like 5.27-20mdk. and a few others that shouldn't effect anything (ie., rpm 3.0.5 rpm-devel, rpm-python). When I rebooted I found that after typing my name and password I was returned

[newbie] login in kppp

2000-07-01 Thread MARIPIES
Hi. Does anyone know why cant i write the @ that has my login in the kppp?. Thanks

Re: [newbie] login in kppp

2000-07-01 Thread Mark Weaver
All it wants is your user name that you use to authenticate yourself to your ISP when you dialup. Your email address consists of username @ yourdomain . com All it wants is your username. that would be my guestimation. -- Mark I love my Linux Box... REASON # 2 ...X-windows is

Re: [newbie] login book

2000-05-01 Thread Hellmut
Hi! There are no "*" shown when typing your password, just type it and press return, no matter if it shows nothing. it won't let me type in my password at the login box -- , (o o) +--oOOO--(_)---+ | | |H E L L M U T

Re: [newbie] login

2000-05-01 Thread Andy
Are you sure it isnt as Linux doesnt print * for passworsd it just leaves it blank - Original Message - From: josh's e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 2:46 AM Subject: [newbie] login i guess it is called the kdm login screen -Original

Re: [newbie] login

2000-05-01 Thread Hellmut
ay, May 01, 2000 2:46 AM Subject: [newbie] login i guess it is called the kdm login screen -Original Message- From: josh's e-mail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 1:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] login book Importance: High Sensitivity: Co

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