On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:45:48 +1000 Craige McWhirter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 17:15, Alan L Tyree wrote: > > > > Is there some general program that behaves like the Gnome logout > > > button? It needs to pop up a "Are you sure?" warning, then allow a > > > general user to logout and shutdown the machine. > > > As usual - found it. Surprising package named "logout-button". > > Sheesh. > > I know you've already found a solution but the GNOME logout option, at > least from the menu, offers the following options: > > - Log out > - Shut down > - Restart the computer > > (at least in GNOME 2.6 - not sure what version you're running) That is what I would like, and a form of it is available on the version of gnome that runs on Redhat 8. The problem is that I have a 95yo neighbour who I have set up with an old box currently running Redhat 8 and Gnome. But the full Gnome desktop is really too much for the box, and I would like to replace with a lightweight desktop. I don't think that she would take too kindly to the "log in as root, type halt" kind of instruction, so I was looking for an alternative. Actually the "solution" I found was not a solution after all - it merely logs out of the window manager. I suspect I should use some kind of script with sudo and dialogue, but any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks, Alan > > -- > > To be or not to be. > -- Shakespeare > To do is to be. > -- Nietzsche > To be is to do. > -- Sartre > Do be do be do. > -- Sinatra > -- ------------------------------------------------------ Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
