Re: Getting started with Debian (again!)

Sean Whitney wrote:

 > On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 14:33, Richard Steffens wrote:

 >> I can only log in as a normal user. In the past, I could log in
 >> as root, or I could shut down the system.

> ...look at /etc/gdm/gdm.conf.  There should be an entry
> commented out about "menu" uncommenting this item and restarting gdm
> should place this menu on you login screen.

I didn't find that, but I did find:

[security]
AllowRoot=false

When I changed that to true, I was able to log in as root. Then, I was 
able to run the GDM configurator, and there found the "Login behaviour" 
tab, which has a button for "Show the 'system' menu, (for reboot, 
shutdown etc.)"

Pressing that button and restarting gdm solved the problem.

Thanks for the pointer.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens
http://home.comcast.net/~rsteff/