On (20/08/03 15:35), Nick Hastings wrote: > * Hooman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030820 15:14]: > > Hi, > > I have recently made my Debian linux working. Now, > > when I boot the system, I see a login screen in which > > I can login as a regular user with Gnome or KDE. The > > problem occurs when I want to logout and reboot or > > shutdown the system. As I click on logout on both > > Gnome and KDE, I only get "logout" option. That option > > returns me back to the login screen and there, I don't > > know how to get out. Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work. > > Any idea or solution??? > > There are a number of ways to reboot or halt the computer. I will > suggest one that I think might be most appropriate for you. > > Sounds like you are using xdm for logging in. I believe gdm and/or kdm > provide a little menu on the "login" screen that let you reboot or > halt the machine. xdm does not. > > Solution: use gdm or kdm. > HowTo: apt-get install gdm ( or apt-get install kdm) > > Note: If you are already using gdm or kdm but see no reboot or halt > option, then you need to reconfigure them. For example try > "dpkg-reconfigure -plow gdm". If this does not work, you can configure > gdm with its own gui: "gdmconfig" (sorry don't know about kdm). >
The above will get you a permanent solution but if you just need to reboot occasionally, you can switch to another virtual terminal Ctl+ALt+Fnx ie. Fn1, Fn2, Fn3 or Fn4 this will take you out of the X (GUI) environment into console where you can type (as root) "shutdown -r now" to reboot or "shutdown -h now" to shutdown. HTH Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
