From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Rz4tB-0005bN-L4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:25:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 796F1E0B52; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:24:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83C92E0BF3 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:23:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhi8 with SMTP id hi8so2826157wib.40 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:23:49 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of alan.mckinnon@gmail.com designates 10.180.106.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.106.67; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of alan.mckinnon@gmail.com designates 10.180.106.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=alan.mckinnon@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=alan.mckinnon@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.106.67]) by 10.180.106.67 with SMTP id gs3mr10407429wib.7.1329650629877 (num_hops = 1); Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:23:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=JmKMWhsirJ4mVDH2O/MgrIc2WWIEpwmdUpKkEm76r20=; b=Nz3k6mQbSDo74ogx3bLep66Q0qlSOp+kkLeX2YXvTHPo34J3ljY4VWiJysY7y3fzfX cp29MtiBNeEj4XsTYH/tccvPlxhRM5glXPmzFId1ql71m0Tz4gWQ/pClwgIxYlfziYIx FGmk7THjJsHkFOBeOzk/2Fjb7IYW7g9XZDtuU= Received: by 10.180.106.67 with SMTP id gs3mr8798922wib.7.1329650629812; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:23:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-215-2-107.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.2.107]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s2sm23124701wix.3.2012.02.19.03.23.47 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:23:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:23:43 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anybody using lightdm? Message-ID: <20120219132343.42e7bbf2@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: <4F4035DE.5000607@mackal.net> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: b03d9b59-d6e5-473b-b6d0-5b31908df8a9 X-Archives-Hash: 579df3ac600fd2ed718305e180339b27 On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:30:23 -0800 Grant wrote: > >>> Has anyone set up lightdm? =A0I'm using it with the default config > >>> file but I get a black screen with no error in Xorg.0.log. =A0gdm > >>> works fine. Any ideas? > >>> > >>> - Grant > >> > >> I switched to SLiM and I like it but I wish there were a way to > >> restart and/or shutdown from the login screen. =A0I had to emerge > >> xterm to make it work BTW. > >> > >> - Grant > >> > >> > > You can type reboot or shutdown for the user then the root password > > and it will do as you requested. >=20 > The problem there is sharing the root password on multi-user systems. >=20 > - Grant >=20 do your $MAGIC in /etc/sudoers so users can run sudo shutdown -h now and no need to share root passwords --=20 Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com