Osamu Aoki wrote:
Not from X. Which is where most users will find themselves. And for
n00bs, the concept of switching to a console first will be foreign.
Yes, I noticed on my sid. It used to work though.
So double 3-finger salutes always works :)
ALT-CTRL-F1
ALT-CTRL-DEL
I have a syste
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 10:29:57AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 04:22:03PM -0700, Alvin Oga ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > hi ya
> >
> > On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, csj wrote:
> >
> > > > - 3-finger salute should always work from any console for anybody
> > > >
> > > > -
on Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 04:22:03PM -0700, Alvin Oga ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> hi ya
>
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, csj wrote:
>
> > > - 3-finger salute should always work from any console for anybody
> > >
> > > - anybody that hits the power or reset switch should be shot on the spot
> > > :-)
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, John Summerfield wrote:
> I seem to recall some BIOS-flashing program I ran recently claimed to be
> able to turn it off. However, I don't know any way in _linux_ to do
> that. Besides, most of my boxes don't have reset buttons.
because they are trying to save $2.oo switch
Micha Feigin wrote:
The reset will force a reset, thats true (I am not sure it even goes
through the bios).
I seem to recall some BIOS-flashing program I ran recently claimed to be
able to turn it off. However, I don't know any way in _linux_ to do
that. Besides, most of my boxes don't have re
M
Correct.
- hitting the power switch ... will power off the box immediately
or delay 5 seconds before power off .. more bios code ..
Conditionally wrong. Machines I install now do a graceful shutdown.
- you can't "remap" the bios code to something e
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Micha Feigin wrote:
> The reset will force a reset, thats true (I am not sure it even goes
> through the bios).
its sometimes connected to the nmi on the cpu and/or the power switch
is connected to it or both .. just depends
every low level thingie goes thru the bios if
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 08:55:10AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
> Alvin Oga wrote:
>
> >hi ya
> >
> >On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, csj wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>>- 3-finger salute should always work from any console for anybody
> >>>
> >>>- anybody that hits the power or reset switch should be shot on the
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 04:22:03PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
>
> hi ya
>
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, csj wrote:
>
> > > - 3-finger salute should always work from any console for anybody
> > >
> > > - anybody that hits the power or reset switch should be shot on the spot
> > > :-)
> >
> > But as ano
Alvin Oga wrote:
hi ya
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, csj wrote:
- 3-finger salute should always work from any console for anybody
- anybody that hits the power or reset switch should be shot on the spot
:-)
But as another poster said the buttons could be remapped to
initiate a graceful shutdown.
hi ya
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, csj wrote:
> > - 3-finger salute should always work from any console for anybody
> >
> > - anybody that hits the power or reset switch should be shot on the spot
> > :-)
>
> But as another poster said the buttons could be remapped to
> initiate a graceful shutdown.
On 29. July 2004 at 2:19AM -0700,
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Otto Wyss wrote:
>
> > On my desktop system I'd like to make certain commands
> > requiring root (i.e. halt) available to ordinary users. What
> > choices do are there?
If you can stand Gnome or KDE tha
Otto Wyss wrote:
I want to setup a desktop system where the current user can do anything
he needs and that means also commands like halt (since he started the
system he should be able to stop it). There are many more such commands
but halt is rather typical. Such a user may never know the root pass
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 15:20, Otto Wyss wrote:
> I want to setup a desktop system where the current user can do anything
> he needs and that means also commands like halt (since he started the
> system he should be able to stop it). There are many more such commands
> but halt is rather typical. Suc
Incoming from Otto Wyss:
> > On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 10:36:39AM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
> > > Are there already any script which makes a desktop linux system more
> > > user friendly?
> >
> > Be careful with 'user friendly'. It is not quite clear what you mean here, but
>
> I want to setup a desk
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 10:36:39AM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
> > Are there already any script which makes a desktop linux system more
> > user friendly?
>
> Be careful with 'user friendly'. It is not quite clear what you mean here, but
> often it means that a system can easily be damaged - by a ca
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:10:10 +0200, John Summerfield wrote:
> If you are running Sarge (or Sid) you can configure acpid so that you
> can shut down the system by pressing the power button. You can do it on
> Woody too (with a 2.4 kernel), but you need to build your own kernel for
> that.
Or you
Hi Otto
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 10:36:39AM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
> On my desktop system I'd like to make certain commands requiring root
> (i.e. halt) available to ordinary users. What choices do are there?
sudo
>
> Are there already any script which makes a desktop linux system more
> user f
Otto Wyss wrote:
On my desktop system I'd like to make certain commands requiring root
(i.e. halt) available to ordinary users. What choices do are there?
Are there already any script which makes a desktop linux system more
user friendly?
O. Wyss
Check 'sudo'. The respective entry in /etc/sudoers
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Otto Wyss wrote:
> On my desktop system I'd like to make certain commands requiring root
> (i.e. halt) available to ordinary users. What choices do are there?
>
> Are there already any script which makes a desktop linux system more
> user friendly?
click the login gui ...
Sudo is your friend here... - Martin
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Otto Wyss wrote:
On my desktop system I'd like to make certain commands requiring root
(i.e. halt) available to ordinary users. What choices do are there?
Are there already any script which makes a desktop linux system more
user friendly?
O.
Otto Wyss wrote:
On my desktop system I'd like to make certain commands requiring root
(i.e. halt) available to ordinary users. What choices do are there?
Are there already any script which makes a desktop linux system more
user friendly?
If you are running Sarge (or Sid) you can configure acp
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