On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:25:41 +0100 Yves-Alexis Perez <[email protected]> wrote:
> On dim, 2008-12-07 at 18:06 -0500, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > > > > Okay, thanks. I don't suppose there is anyway of making this easier > > to > > find for new users? Is it on the wiki? (Not that I thought to look > > there, but someone might). What about as a 'tip'? > > That may be a good idea yeah. Could you word a patch for the tips (I > think it can be applied upstream too if generic enough). Okay, I'm thinking of two tips: If you want to shutdown without entering your password and you have D-Bus and HAL (most modern desktops do), then add yourself to the 'powerdev' group. On Debian this can be accomplished with su -c 'adduser login-namepowerdev' from the terminal (replacing login-name with your user name). -- If you want to shutdown without entering your password and you have 'sudo' installed (almost all desktops will), then you need to edit /etc/sudoers to contain a line such as the following: login-name ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/xfsm-shutdown-helper (replacing login-name with your user name). On Debian this can be accomplished typing 'su -c visudo' in the terminal. -- The second one may be different for non-debian systems because the readme from upstream says /usr/local/libexec/xfsm-shutdown-helper The first one only is correct of other systems also use powerdev otherwise it too is debian-specific. It might be possible to infer the names of those things from the type of system ./configure is running on and the --xx-prefix options given If those are too wordy, or too short and can be lengthened without being too much for a tip, let me know. If they're the right length but you feel they need work I'll try to improve them. Regards, Daniel -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org The C Shore: http://www.wightman.ca/~cshore
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