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[Björn Lundin <bjorn.lundin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Søren Gade wrote:

> Hello Sslugger.
> Jeg har installeret KDE 3.1 på en Mandrake 9.0 men har det problem at
> jeg gerne vil kunne slukke PC'eren direkte fra KDE.
> Dvs at jeg ved at trykke Log Off får et billed som viser
> mulighederne
> Logge på som anden bruger
> Genstarte PC
> eller Slukke PC.
> Ved at jeg i kontrolcentret i sessionhåndtering roder lidt med
> indstillingsmulighederne kan jeg godt få disse føromtalte muligheder
> men efter en genstart er jeg tilbage til den ene mulighed der hedder
> log af, og som så sender mig til log on/log off standart mandrake
> billed.
> Er det fordi at jeg ikke kan gemme kontrolpanelets muligheder? eller
> hva'.
Hittat på nätet, och det funkade för mig:
I've had the same situation as well with MDK 9. While what I've found
is not a fix, it is a workaround that will let you boot up directly
into KDE *and* get the nice "logout/shutdown/reboot" dialog box
(assuming that users are allowed to exercise such privilages).

Here's what I did:

1) Start the Mandrake Control Center (DrakConf)-- don't forget your
root password.

2)Select "Boot," then "Boot Config"

3) Change the "Yes, I want ot autologin the folling user" radio button
to "No, I don't want autologin"

4) Leave the "Launch Graphical Environment" checked

5) Click "OK" and close DrakConf

6) Start KDE Control Center

7) Select "System" and "Login Manager"

8) Click the "Administrator Mode" button and supply your root password

9) Under the "Convenience" tab, set the options in the "Automatic
Login" as needed -- mine selects my user account and checks both boxes
("enable auto login" and "truely login")

10) Save and apply the changes as needed

11) Reboot your system to test the changes

My uninformed observation is that there might be some kind of
incompatibility between KDE and Mandrake's autologin system as was
observed by the OP.


/Björn