Re: [DNG] Need for documentation (golinux)

> Robert Storey <robert.storey@???>
>> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 04:04:59 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: Go Linux <golinux@???>
>>
>>>From /usr/share/doc/slim/README :
>>

>>    Special usernames (commands configurable in the config file):
>>    - console: start console login
>>    - exit: exit SLiM
>>    - halt: halt the system
>>    - reboot: reboot the system

>
> Hi golinux,
>
> Thank you for this, it's useful information. However, just like the issue
on using F1 to scroll through available
> window managers, the above isn't obvious and is easily missed (after all,
I missed it). True, I'm not the geekiest
> Linux user alive, but I'm not a novice either.
>
> So I think it would be nice if there was a little "Help" box stuck in the
graphic login screen which contained all of
> the above info. It wouldn't have to be very intrusive, but there is
enough screen real estate to accommodate it, I think.
>
> Should I be filing a bug report to push this issue? Hardly seems like a
true "bug," but I do think it's important.

Hmm...I should have actually tried those commands before I shot off my
mouth. Now I see more problems...

The commands "console" and "exit" work, in the sense that you'll get a
console from where you can log in, though I see no advantage in that. You
could use Ctrl-Alt-F2 though F6 to do the same thing (and Ctrl-Alt F7 to
get back to the original login desktop). You still have to log in first
before you can reboot or shutdown.

The commands "halt" and "reboot" do not seem to work. SLIM asks me for a
password for user "halt" and user "reboot" which is less than useful, since
no such users exist.

There is an error in file /usr/share/doc/slim/README, it says:

CONFIGURATION
    /usr/etc/slim.conf is the main configuration file.

Of course, that should say:
    /etc/slim.conf is the main configuration file.

best regards,
Robert