Re: GUI login screen.
Am Mittwoch, 5. November 2003 15:27 schrieb Hoyt Bailey:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Peter" <john.peter@netcabo.pt>
> To: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 04:30
> Subject: Re: GUI login screen.
>
> > Hoyt Bailey wrote:
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Roberto Sanchez" <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es>
> > >To: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 08:41
> > >Subject: Re: GUI login screen.
> > >
> > >I do not dissagree on any point. However it should be my choice.
> > > Should
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> I
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> > >do something so stupid as download as root or read mail then I will be
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> the
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> > >one to pick up what pieces are left. I am sure you have heard of welcha
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> and
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> > >blaster, been there done that, they dont ask permission. Maybe you dont
> > >understand what I, and others, want. Idealy if the gui login screen
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> added
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> > >3 items it would solve a lot of problems and would not incur any
> > > security risks.
> > >1. Reboot (If I want to go to Windows)
> > >2. Shutdown (If I want to go to bed)
> > >3. Text mode.(If I want to do something as root)
> >
> > I have been reading this thread and I find all this very strange.
> > I installed Debian base (network install) and then went to Sarge .
> > Installed X, KDM and KDE and I have all that I used
> > to have in other distros - I can do all that you mention and more !
> > There may be ways not to have it like that but I have and didn't have to
> > configure anything!
> > My login GUI even present you with clickcable icons (pictures) for you
> > to select whatever
> > user / root you want with a single click ( no need to write the actual
> > name ).
> > And for the really lasy and don't-care-about-login-stuff guys you can
> > configure the GUI
> > to do an auto-login!
> > I don't know what else you may require - it will hardly wash your car ...
> >
> > >Incidently Cntl-alt-del doesnt work from gnome. I expected it would.
> >
> > Neither does from KDE but you can use cntl-alt-backspace and go to login
> > screen and then
> > choose whatever is that you wish .
> > And pressing cntrl-alt-F1 goes to you first tty , cntrl-alt-F2 to the
> > second, until cntrl-alt-F7 that gets
> > you back on X ( where you were in the first place ).
> > If your machine doesn't work like this, then you shurelly have have
> > something strange going on ...
> >
> > Good luck !
> >
> > John
>
> That is exactly what I wanted to hear. I dont doubt there is something
> strange going on at all. I do thank you for confirming what I expected
> linux to be and as soon as I get my "real modem" maybe a sarge update will
> be in order.
> Hoyt
It has nothing to do with sarge, it works the way he described in woody too.
Try "dpkg-reconfigure kdm" if you haven't already.
Chris
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