On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:59:27PM +0200, Sebastian Kapfer wrote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:43:34 +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > [shutdown from inside the gnome-session] > > > > It saves just a few clicks or keystrokes though. After logging out, > > > the Shutdown and Reboot features are available from gdm's System > > > menu when activated. Why is this request so popular when it saves so > > > little time?(Ancient Windows rites?) > > > > Because you can tell it to shutdown, and then forget about the box, > > instead of having to log out of gnome, wait a few minutes (depending > > on what crazy gnome app is currently running or not, and yes, i have a > > rather fast box, an athlon 2500+), and come back to perform the second > > step. > > A few minutes?! I hope you're exaggerating here.
Nope, it all depends on the apps that are currently running, but sometimes it takes age to logout. > > Finally, if it is such an unusefull functionality, why has redhat, > > which employs many gnome people do they not, implemented it ? > > I'm not saying that this feature is unusefull. It's just amazing how > much of a difference such a small feature makes to the users :-) > > Good to hear that RH has already done it. Maybe somebody should apply > their changes to GNOME CVS. They had it since 2.0 or something such times. It is a hack of a different nature than the one here, and i think the gnome folk prefer a cleaner solution. Friendly, Sven Luther
