On 12/09/2024 21:54, Hans wrote:
If someone might also confirm of this little bug I mentioned here and
knows better than me, he may just file a little bugreport to the
developers of KDE. Maybe he also nows a little workaround???
[Ctrl+Alt+F8], [Ctrl+Alt+F7] work fine for me to switch between u
On 09/12/2024 09:54 AM, Hans wrote:
Didn't seem to work on 2 machines using different flavors of Debian.
Where is that documented so I can run a verifiable test?
You are right. I rechecked this and it does not work correctly, because of a
bug in KDE. The
problem is, when
On 09/12/2024 08:40 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 08:35:25AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
See usermod, option -l.
The wording of the text under that option does not give a "warm fuzzy"
feeling that I un
> Didn't seem to work on 2 machines using different flavors of Debian.
> Where is that documented so I can run a verifiable test?
You are right. I rechecked this and it does not work correctly, because of a
bug in KDE. The
problem is, when starting another session, your for
On 09/12/2024 08:50 AM, Joe wrote:
On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:35:25 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
TIA
Looks like usermod, according to the first page Google shows for:
debian change user name
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-ch
On 09/12/2024 09:14 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 14:50:23 +0100, Joe wrote:
On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:35:25 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
Looks like usermod, according to the first page Google shows for:
debian chan
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 14:50:23 +0100, Joe wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:35:25 -0500
> Richard Owlett wrote:
> > Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
> >
> Looks like usermod, according to the first page Google shows for:
> debian change user name
I prefer vipw(8). Bu
On 09/12/2024 08:03 AM, Hans wrote:
Solves wrong problem ;}
I couldn't log in as "Richard" at power-up.
But Stefan hints at solution to that problem.
Ah, ok, you are in X. Do you now, you can start a second windowmanager as root
without logoff as the other user?
If doing so, you can switch bet
On 09/12/2024 07:17 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
Richard Owlett composed on 2024-09-12 06:43 (UTC-0500):
I have a Lenovo R61 running 64 bit Buster.
It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
account is "Richard" ;/
Instead of a band aid, attack the keyboard with high PSI
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 08:35:25AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
> Relevant man page to have 'root' edit a user's login name?
See usermod, option -l.
Heed the caveats in the man page (and all other places where the user
name might be hidden).
Sounds like some fun.
(Of course you could ju
On 09/12/2024 07:13 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
i Ricard,
It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
account is "Richard" ;/
[ I presume you know tat tis kind of failure can often (sadly not
always) be fixed by cleaning. ]
I have other symptoms that hint that t
> Solves wrong problem ;}
> I couldn't log in as "Richard" at power-up.
> But Stefan hints at solution to that problem.
Ah, ok, you are in X. Do you now, you can start a second windowmanager as root
without logoff as the other user?
If doing so, you can switch between both with "CTL + ALT + F7"
On 09/12/2024 06:59 AM, Hans wrote:
Hi Richard,
Am Donnerstag, 12. September 2024, 13:43:49 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett:
I have a Lenovo R61 running 64 bit Buster.
It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
account is "Richard" ;/
I have no problem logging in as roo
Richard Owlett composed on 2024-09-12 06:43 (UTC-0500):
> I have a Lenovo R61 running 64 bit Buster.
> It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
> account is "Richard" ;/
Instead of a band aid, attack the keyboard with high PSI compressed air and/or
vacuum cleaner wh
i Ricard,
> It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
> account is "Richard" ;/
[ I presume you know tat tis kind of failure can often (sadly not
always) be fixed by cleaning. ]
> I have no problem logging in as root.
>
> Two primary questions:
> 1. is there somew
I have a Lenovo T520. From time to time (but very seldom), the whole keyboard
is no more working (just hangs). It is a problem with X, maybe related to the
NVidia driver. In these rare cases I connect a wireless keyboard to the
notebook (put the dongle into an usb port) and can go on on typing.
Hi Richard,
Am Donnerstag, 12. September 2024, 13:43:49 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett:
> I have a Lenovo R61 running 64 bit Buster.
> It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
> account is "Richard" ;/
>
> I have no problem logging in as root.
>
> Two primary questions
I have a Lenovo R61 running 64 bit Buster.
It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary
account is "Richard" ;/
I have no problem logging in as root.
Two primary questions:
1. is there someway that I can use a USB connected keyboard
as workaround while root?
2. is
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