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Hi there.

This has been driving me crazy. I use xdm as my dm, it works as I want it too, except that when I press my created reboot or shutdown button, I do not get any messages on the screen saying that the computer is rebooting or shutting down. I would like to see this on the screen.

Here is my Xsetup file:

#!/bin/sh
#
# $Id$
#
# This script is run as root before showing login widget.

#xsetroot -solid rgb:8/8/8

hsetroot -fill /etc/X11/fluxbox/wallpaper/antiX.jpg

#--- set Shutdown/Reboot buttons
(
xmessage -buttons Shutdown:20,Reboot:21 "" ;
case $? in
20)
exec /sbin/poweroff;;
21)
exec /sbin/reboot;;
*)
echo "Xmessage closed on `date`";;
esac
)&

TIA

Edit: I should add that I use fluxbox wm with rox desktop.

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Disable root login xdm?

Submitted by anticapitalista on Thu, 2007-06-07 07:46.

*bump*

No ideas anyone?

Ok here's another one. How do I disable root login at xdm login screen?

TIA

anticapitalista

"Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it."

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xdm message

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2007-06-07 13:51.

I suppose the problem is that your echo message is not being sent to the right place. That is, standard out is not the xdm screen.

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xdm message

Submitted by anticapitalista on Thu, 2007-06-07 19:44.

Matt thanks, so what do I do and how do I find out if it is the case?

TIA

anticapitalista

"Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it."

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xconsole

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2007-06-07 21:37.

You could try starting xconsole from Xsetup. Then in the case statement, do something like

echo "Powering down." > /dev/xconsole && exec /sbin/poweroff;;

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xdm message

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2007-06-07 21:57.

I'm using wdm, and the following works in /etc/X11/wdm/Xsetup_0:


xconsole -geometry 480x62+0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed \
-exitOnFail -file /dev/xconsole
echo "Debian is the best OS." > /dev/xconsole

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xdm

Submitted by pinniped on Thu, 2007-06-07 17:11.

How to disable root login:

Find the 'xdmrc' file which is either in a subdir of /etc or /usr/lib/X11; there should be an option to allow root to log on; just set it to 'no'.

Are you the same 'anti' of 'antix'?

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xdm

Submitted by anticapitalista on Thu, 2007-06-07 19:48.

pinniped,
there is no 'xdmrc' file anywhere. This is on debian netinstall that has been 'siduxed' to debian sid.
The same with a 'siduxed' Mepis 3.4.3 I use.

And, yes I am the anti of antiX.

anticapitalista

"Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it."

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xdm

Submitted by pinniped on Thu, 2007-06-07 21:49.

Hmmm... my ancient computer has 'xdmrc' but my newer one hasn't.

The only other thing I can suggest is to look at your PAM rules (assuming you use PAM) and set them to prevent root from logging into X.

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