On 03/06/2012 11:22 AM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
If you want to address the novice user, what do you think makes support in case of a failing x server easier for the helper AND the novice user, a black screen, a screen without a prompt but with a hanging list of messages instead - or a login prompt from where he can be directed to a solution (or given instructions to provide more information)?
Probably a better solution, if you know that X is supposed to come up but isn't, is to automatically log him in as some new ID whose shell is a script something like the rescue console script. The first thing it does is su him to prompt for the root password, and then presents a character-based dialog explaining his options, offering to run XFdrake, maybe running rpm/urpmi to see if all needed packages are installed, and giving him to option to exit to a real shell if he wants.
