2012/3/6 Frank Griffin <[email protected]>: > 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.
Yes, that would be the next step on the road to user-friendly desaster management. As long as we do not have this a login prompt is better than nothing. -- wobo
