Re: Does KDM need a password?

2009/1/26 Daniel Pittman : > I don't know about you, but I occasionally leave my laptop unattended, > and while the KDE screen-saver locks it, it also offers the "switch > user" option. > Thank. I _never_ leave the machine unattended. It would be stolen immediately. > Using that someone could tri

Re: Does KDM need a password?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Seth S. Edwards wrote: > However, as > most take their laptops places that are outside of their control, having > this added layer of security is beneficial. The enabled kdm password is only beneficial for the case that the laptop is unattended *and*

Re: Does KDM need a password?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Pittman wrote: > Using that someone could trivially open a new KDM login prompt, hit > return, and have access to your identity. Not much fun. Not on my lenny system. I have enabled 'auto-login' for my primary user. That option automatically l

Re: Does KDM need a password?

2009/1/26 Johannes Wiedersich : > Not on my lenny system. I have enabled 'auto-login' for my primary user. > That option automatically logs me in automatically on boot, but *not* > after manual log out, restarting X, or starting a new session. > Now that's what I want! I'm setting it up now. Thank

Re: Load_Cycle_Count: Is 600000 bad?

>> $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count >> 193 Load_Cycle_Count0x0032 001 001 000Old_age >> Always - 663424 >> >> Is this bad? I have not noticed any symptoms that I can say is >> definitely hard -drive related, but every so often the computer gets >> v

Re: Load_Cycle_Count: Is 600000 bad?

2009/1/26 Stefan Monnier : > I wouldn't worry about it, > Thanks, Stefan. After reinstalling the OS my latency has disappeared, so it may have been a simple software problem that caused me to worry. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ