Email threading and display managers (was: Re: Frequent freezing around login screens)

2025-04-04 Thread Max Nikulin
On 29/03/2025 04:14, George at Clug wrote: I do not fully understand "email threading", even after reading up on it. I don't use email threading, and I do not think my email client does either. The message, I am replying to, have these headers, however References contains single Message-ID (f

Re: Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers

2019-07-17 Thread David Banks
On 17/07/2019 08:30, Curt wrote: As you mentioned GDM, it's possible your settings are being overridden by 'gsettings'. To verify that hypothesis: gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options Reset if necessary with: gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options

Re: Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers

2019-07-17 Thread Curt
On 2019-07-17, David Banks wrote: > Hi, using Buster, I have my /etc/default/keyboard set up like this: > > XKBOPTIONS="pc105" > XKBLAYOUT="gb" > XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:nocaps" > BACKSPACE="guess" > XKBVARIANT="" > > I am using Fluxbox without any configuration. When I launch Fluxb

Keyboard layout reset when launching X under display managers

2019-07-16 Thread David Banks
our is not restricted to gdm, it happens identically in slim and lightdm as well. However, this does NOT happen when I remove all display managers and use startx directly. When using startx, the correct keyboard layout is used. (No extra setxkbmap call is needed in .xinitrc, either, the settings from

Re: 2 xservers/display managers

2014-05-20 Thread Richard Hector
gt;>> Then ctrl-alt-F1 [F2, etc]; login as richard-work; Then ~$ >>> DISPLAY=:1 startx -- :1# launches your 2nd display manager >>> session >>> >>> Switch between X sessions with ctrl-alt-F7 / F8 keys (for me). >> >> startx does indeed

Re: 2 xservers/display managers

2014-05-19 Thread Javier Barroso
;> session >> >> Switch between X sessions with ctrl-alt-F7 / F8 keys (for me). > > startx does indeed do it, thanks - though I don't need to specify the > DISPLAY variable; it just works if I run startx as my other user. > > So that proves that it is possible to

Re: 2 xservers/display managers

2014-05-19 Thread Richard Hector
PLAY variable; it just works if I run startx as my other user. So that proves that it is possible to get 2 X servers running. Next step, ideally, is to also have 2 display managers running - ideally gdm3, since that's what I've been using, but anything will do. Preference for some

Re: 2 xservers/display managers

2014-05-19 Thread Ralph Katz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/19/2014 08:20 AM, Richard Hector wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm wondering if it would help me to have 2 potentially simultaneous > logins on my computer, one for private use and one for work (I'm working > from home). That would give me 2 home direct

2 xservers/display managers

2014-05-19 Thread Richard Hector
Hey all, I'm wondering if it would help me to have 2 potentially simultaneous logins on my computer, one for private use and one for work (I'm working from home). That would give me 2 home directories, 2 icedove profiles etc etc. To that end, does anyone know if it's possible to have 2 instances

Re: Display managers fail since latest upgrade to Lenny

2008-04-03 Thread Sebastian Tennant
Quoth "Joost Witteveen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 03/04/2008, Sebastian Tennant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> Since I last upgraded my Lenny box, both xdm and gdm silently fail to >> start at boot time. >> >> Actually, something in each of their init scripts fails and they are >>

Re: Display managers fail since latest upgrade to Lenny

2008-04-03 Thread Joost Witteveen
On 03/04/2008, Sebastian Tennant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > > Since I last upgraded my Lenny box, both xdm and gdm silently fail to > start at boot time. > > Actually, something in each of their init scripts fails and they are > never actually called. you could type sh -x /etc/in

Display managers fail since latest upgrade to Lenny

2008-04-03 Thread Sebastian Tennant
Hi list, Since I last upgraded my Lenny box, both xdm and gdm silently fail to start at boot time. Actually, something in each of their init scripts fails and they are never actually called. If I run /usr/sbin/gdm directly they both work fine. I would file a bug report... but against which pack

Re: Expired passwords and Display Managers

2004-11-29 Thread Ralph Katz
On 11/29/2004 06:30 PM, Tom Allison wrote: This may be true, but how do you get this to work if you have a policy of expiring passwords and have nothing but client systems in place? Pushing the "joe user" to running a CLI + startx isn't going to be very successful when you are trying to get acce

Re: Expired passwords and Display Managers

2004-11-29 Thread Tom Allison
Thomas Adam wrote: --- Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I consider this to be a very bad thing. Why? This is exactly as it should be. It's a PAM issue which is only affected when one logs in via login(1). DMs have no concept of this. This may be true, but how do you get this to work if yo

Re: Expired passwords and Display Managers

2004-11-29 Thread Tom Allison
Thomas Adam wrote: --- Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I consider this to be a very bad thing. Why? This is exactly as it should be. It's a PAM issue which is only affected when one logs in via login(1). DMs have no concept of this. Alternative Display Managers (not KDM or

Re: Expired passwords and Display Managers

2004-11-29 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I consider this to be a very bad thing. Why? This is exactly as it should be. It's a PAM issue which is only affected when one logs in via login(1). DMs have no concept of this. > Alternative Display Managers (not KDM or GDM plea

Expired passwords and Display Managers

2004-11-29 Thread Tom Allison
about to expire. I consider this to be a very bad thing. Are there alternatives? Configuration settings in WDM? Alternative Display Managers (not KDM or GDM please, I use neither)? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X11 display managers and the keyboard

2003-11-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 09:10, Kent West wrote: > Johann Spies wrote: > > On a sid system: > > > > When I use xdm, gdm or kdm the keyboard does not work in the > > X11-environment. I can't even log in. I can use startx without a > > problem and everthing is working OK. > > > > I would try "dpkg-

Re: X11 display managers and the keyboard

2003-11-07 Thread Kent West
Johann Spies wrote: On a sid system: When I use xdm, gdm or kdm the keyboard does not work in the X11-environment. I can't even log in. I can use startx without a problem and everthing is working OK. I would try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" (or is it "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common"?) an

X11 display managers and the keyboard

2003-11-07 Thread Johann Spies
On a sid system: When I use xdm, gdm or kdm the keyboard does not work in the X11-environment. I can't even log in. I can use startx without a problem and everthing is working OK. Any idea what is causing this? Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologi

Re: x-window display managers

2003-07-21 Thread David Z Maze
27;s strictly cheaper than Qt or Gtk2.) I haven't benchmarked this, though, or compared with other display managers like wdm. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal."

x-window display managers

2003-07-20 Thread Jianan Huang
Hi folks, A simple question: gdm, kdm and xdm: which one uses minimum runtime memory? Cheers _ Download Norah Jones, Eminem and more! http://www.msn.com.sg/ringtones/ at only S$36 including GST -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Resolved: Re: X display managers: xauth problems, can't login, connection refused

2001-12-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 05:50:19PM -0800, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > [This is a re-send. Posted earlier this week with no responses. > Likewise no updates on my bug reports.] > > Keywords: xauth Xauthority wdm xdm gdm kdm MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE Client is > not authorized to conne

X display managers: xauth problems, can't login, connection refused

2001-12-14 Thread Karsten M. Self
[This is a re-send. Posted earlier this week with no responses. Likewise no updates on my bug reports.] Keywords: xauth Xauthority wdm xdm gdm kdm MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE Client is not authorized to connect to Server I'm using wdm as a local X display manager under Sid/i386. Following a recent update

X display managers: xauth problems, can't login, connection refused

2001-12-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
Keywords: xauth Xauthority wdm xdm gdm kdm MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE Client is not authorized to connect to Server I'm using wdm as a local X display manager under Sid/i386. Following a recent update, I'm no longer able to log in as either an unprivileged user or root. On properly authenticating to the

Re: display managers and kerberos5

2001-09-30 Thread Martin Maciaszek
--On Saturday, September 29, 2001 03:12:47 PM +0300 Serafim Zanikolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] What you need is PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), a layer between the application (in your case *dm) and the underlying authentication system. Depending on the authentication[0] re

Re: display managers and kerberos5

2001-09-29 Thread Serafim Zanikolas
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 11:41:50AM +0200, Martin Maciaszek wrote: > Is there some way to tell xdm/gdm/${WHATEVER}dm to authenticate against a > KDC and request a TGT on login? Hello Martin! What you need is PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module), a layer between the application (in your cas

display managers and kerberos5

2001-09-29 Thread Martin Maciaszek
Is there some way to tell xdm/gdm/${WHATEVER}dm to authenticate against a KDC and request a TGT on login? Cheers Martin pgpmrwrlDaMLt.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Display managers

2001-07-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 06:22:50PM -0700, Geoffrey Romer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > What's the surgeon-general-approved way of disabling a display-manager (e.g. > kdm, gdm, xdm)? I know I could just delete the relevant symlinks from > /etc/rc*.d, but I have a feeling that package upgrades and

Re: Display managers

2001-07-23 Thread Sam Varghese
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 06:22:50PM -0700, Geoffrey Romer wrote: > What's the surgeon-general-approved way of disabling a display-manager (e.g. > kdm, gdm, xdm)? I know I could just delete the relevant symlinks from > /etc/rc*.d, but I have a feeling that package upgrades and things like that > will

Re: Display managers

2001-07-23 Thread Jimmy Richards
Even though I've never done it, I think you could remove all the symlinks in the /etc/rc*.d dirs except for /etc/rc6.d and then it wouldn't restore them on an upgrade, and the rc6.d is for shutdown. So it shouldn't do anything wrong leaving that one there. They can be removed with 'update-r

Re: Display managers

2001-07-23 Thread ktb
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 06:22:50PM -0700, Geoffrey Romer wrote: > What's the surgeon-general-approved way of disabling a display-manager (e.g. > kdm, gdm, xdm)? I know I could just delete the relevant symlinks from > /etc/rc*.d, but I have a feeling that package upgrades and things like that > will

Display managers

2001-07-23 Thread Geoffrey Romer
What's the surgeon-general-approved way of disabling a display-manager (e.g. kdm, gdm, xdm)? I know I could just delete the relevant symlinks from /etc/rc*.d, but I have a feeling that package upgrades and things like that will just restore them. I'd prefer not to uninstall the package entirely, be