On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:19:30 +0100 Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 08:30:48 -0500, »Q« wrote: > > > > > > That's because kdm is dead. I found sddm a little flakey. On > > > > > my laptop it works more or less as expected, but on my > > > > > desktop, selecting reboot or power off from the desktop drops > > > > > me back to sddm without rebooting. I'm nit sure if this is an > > > > > issue with sddm or plasma, maybe I'll try slim instead. > > > > > > > SDDM was doing that to me too until I created a default > > > > config. > > > > > > That appears to have worked, thanks. > > > > I have a default config, but I can't reboot or shutdown from sddm. > > If I press one of those buttons, a 30-second timer starts. > > Pressing more buttons to try to skip the timer just restarts the > > timer. Letting the timer run down, it gets to zero then goes > > beyond, into negative integers. > > That's a different problem, mine was that I couldn't reboot or > shutdown fro the desktop, it dropped me back as sddm as if I'd > selected Logout. Then I could shutdown from sddm. Thanks -- I understood you the first time but had forgotten what you said by the time I replied downthread. D'oh! My automatically-created sddm.conf has [General] HaltCommand=/sbin/shutdown -h -P now Numlock=none RebootCommand=/sbin/shutdown -r now which looks alright to me. I'll try troubleshooting this later, but if anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate them any time.
