On Friday 27 July 2001 04:43, etharp wrote:
> is this while you wait to login? have you installed mandrake security and
> what level? (paranoid?) or a firewall? what reaction are you expecting?
i was expecting no reaction, since I had never heard of that method of
logging on before. I hit alt-f4 at the point where otherwise I would enter
root and my password and hit go.
The original problem when attempting to login via the normal login panel, I
sometimes was bounced back to the login panel without getting logged in, and
when that happened had to reboot before being successful at logging in.
When installing, I took the defaults for security and the firewall. Before
altering those, I'll want an explanation of why the bounce occurs only some
of the time instead of every time. It seems to me if it was a security or
firewall problem, the bounce would be consistent instead of sporadic.
>
> On Friday 27 July 2001 00:48, root wrote:
> > On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:34, etharp wrote:
> > > what happens if you hit ctrl+alt+f4 (or any other f-key up to f6) and
> > > log in?
> >
> > nothing. no reaction at all
> >
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