On Monday 05 July 2010 09:39:50 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 05:12:44 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > The point is that if you always start with a text login, it's easy to > > log in and fix whatever keeps X/KDE from working. That's why I gave > > up on graphical logins about 15 years ago. > > You must have a lot of X problems to make it worth the hassle of the extra > steps each you boot up. What's wrong with dropping back to a text login > on the odd occasions that X or the DE fails to start?
And what about this security risk: 1. lock screen 2. go away somewhere 3. ivan the russian spammer walks by, presses ctrl-alt-f1 4. ivan the russian spammer presses ctrl-c 5. ivan the russian spammer is now *you* 6. god help you if you ran sudo in the last 5 minutes -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
