Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:52:15 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: jahnke@sonatabio.com Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Epiphany Upgraded to 2.20.3 Crashes Message-ID: <20080124215215.55E0B45017@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:46:03 PST." <1201200363.988.57.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--==_Exmh_1201211535_28891P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > From: Frank Jahnke <jahnke@sonatabio.com> > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:46:03 -0800 > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > > > On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 12:16 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > > I have started to use GDM ever since > > when GNOME depends on GDM more like for shutdown, restart and etc that > > provide GNOME desktop functions better. > > What are those things? I start the "usual Gnome stuff" in rc.conf; if > the only benefit is shutdown or reboot convenience (not going through su > on the console) I can live with that. OTOH, if there is some other > functionality I'm missing, I'd love to know about it. sudo is your friend. alias shutdown sudo shutdown with the appropriate entry in /usr/local/etc/sudoers username hostname = NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown The Gnome people seem to think GDM is the only way and pulled the handy shutdown and reboot options from logout when not running GDM and I suspect that this was to "push' the use of GDM. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1201211535_28891P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFHmQiPkn3rs5h7N1ERAtZIAKCqN8leY0muIGUIceHTDz0DBhrKBQCgqa4T Ve+7ua/FsOyogWWIdHC5Xus= =ZrFr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1201211535_28891P--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20080124215215.55E0B45017>