Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-07-02 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sun, 2012-07-01 at 21:51 +0100, Ian Malone wrote: > On 1 July 2012 21:46, Andre Robatino wrote: > > Aaron Konstam sbcglobal.net> writes: > > > >> Installing gnome-shell-extension-alternative-status-menu on my F17 > >> machine does not prevent you from having to use the alt key. > > > > Did yo

Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-07-01 Thread Ian Malone
On 1 July 2012 21:46, Andre Robatino wrote: > Aaron Konstam sbcglobal.net> writes: > >> Installing gnome-shell-extension-alternative-status-menu on my F17 >> machine does not prevent you from having to use the alt key. > > Did you enable it using gnome-tweak-tool? (By default, extensions are disa

F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-07-01 Thread Andre Robatino
Aaron Konstam sbcglobal.net> writes: > Installing gnome-shell-extension-alternative-status-menu on my F17 > machine does not prevent you from having to use the alt key. Did you enable it using gnome-tweak-tool? (By default, extensions are disabled even if installed.) -- users mailing list user

Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-07-01 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sun, 2012-07-01 at 19:28 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Well you arew almost right. If you hold down thew alt button on Gnome > > yout get poweroff, and reboot. > > Or if you install gnome-shell-extension-alternative-status-menu . > > Hope this helps, > > James.

Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-07-01 Thread James Wilkinson
Aaron Konstam wrote: > Well you arew almost right. If you hold down thew alt button on Gnome > yout get poweroff, and reboot. Or if you install gnome-shell-extension-alternative-status-menu . Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail: james@ | Top Tip: If you are being chased by a police dog, d

Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-07-01 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2012-07-01 at 08:58 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > If you hold down thew alt button on Gnome yout get poweroff, and > reboot. How does one do this when you don't have a keyboard? Can you use an on-screen keyboard at the same time as using the menu? (Which would be a horrid thing to have

Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-07-01 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 19:38 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/30/2012 07:24 PM, fred smith wrote: > > --it's just a reduction in functionality, so I wonder how one would > >restore said functionality. > > How about putting a launcher on your panel that runs the appropriate > command? How do yo

Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-07-01 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 22:24 -0400, fred smith wrote: > On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 06:43:30PM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 17:57 -0400, fred smith wrote: > > > I haven't used Fedora on my netbook since F14, I used Centos 6 in that > > > interim. > > > > > > however, both cen

Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-06-30 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 19:38 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > How about putting a launcher on your panel that runs the appropriate > command? How about a power switch on the computer actually acting like a power switch, and turning the thing of properly (going through the proper processes to shut down cle

Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-06-30 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/30/2012 07:24 PM, fred smith wrote: --it's just a reduction in functionality, so I wonder how one would restore said functionality. How about putting a launcher on your panel that runs the appropriate command? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or chan

Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-06-30 Thread fred smith
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 06:43:30PM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 17:57 -0400, fred smith wrote: > > I haven't used Fedora on my netbook since F14, I used Centos 6 in that > > interim. > > > > however, both centos 6 and fedora (back when I used it) allowd one to > > press th

Re: F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-06-30 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 17:57 -0400, fred smith wrote: > I haven't used Fedora on my netbook since F14, I used Centos 6 in that > interim. > > however, both centos 6 and fedora (back when I used it) allowd one to > press the netbook's power switch, while logged in, and got a dialog > offering choi

F17, power switch offers no choices??

2012-06-30 Thread fred smith
I haven't used Fedora on my netbook since F14, I used Centos 6 in that interim. however, both centos 6 and fedora (back when I used it) allowd one to press the netbook's power switch, while logged in, and got a dialog offering choices like shutdown, log off, standby, hibernate. how, on F17 thoug