[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One other minor problem, > I heeded the advice to use xdm to start X windows, tested it and then > remembered why I found out I > had to use startx....you can't kill the thing. > C-A-B gives login: > C-A-D is ignored > C-anything is ignored > Power off-on gives login: > Fortunately I was going to re-install the system anyway. > Beware xdm!!!
Yeah, pretty good security. You wouldn't want just anybody to kill your xdm, would you? You can always switch to another Virtual Console (VC) by hitting C-A-Fn, where n is the number of the VC. Then, you can login as root and kill xdm, if you feel the need. Now that I have things reasonably configured, I log in from xdm every time as myself and do my root stuff from a rxvt using su. When I want to reboot, shutdown, or halt, I do it from within X. Everything goes down nicely, including the wm, the current session, and xdm. -- Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------Powered by Debian GNU/Linux-------------------------
