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
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