Simple SLIM Question

solarwind · 2008-03-24 22:12:32

How do I get slim to show shutdown/reboot buttions? Is it possible?

phrakture · 2008-03-24 22:15:20

It doesn't have buttons. You type "shutdown" or "reboot" for the username.

Misbah · 2008-03-24 22:16:46

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Last edited by Misbah (2012-02-14 05:50:10)

solarwind · 2008-03-24 22:32:31

Thanks guys!

uastasi · 2008-08-07 09:48:24

Nothing happens neither with 'halt' nor with 'reboot' and root password. Should it be connected to disabling root account?
I've checked /var/log/slim.log but there's no mention about these two events.

moljac024 · 2008-08-07 10:25:15

A nice trick would be to make a username with the name "shutdown" and put a shutdown command in .xinitrc or something else and leave the password blank. Then you'd just type shutdown

uastasi · 2008-08-07 23:22:42

moljac024 wrote:

A nice trick would be to make a username with the name "shutdown" and put a shutdown command in .xinitrc or something else and leave the password blank. Then you'd just type shutdown

It sounds as a workaround... I'd prefer a kiss solution if possible

.:B:. · 2008-08-08 00:17:37

The kiss solution is to press your laptop/desktop's power button and have it shut down . ACPI shutdown for life baby

uastasi · 2008-08-08 10:42:55

B wrote:

The kiss solution is to press your laptop/desktop's power button and have it shut down . ACPI shutdown for life baby

Sure but you're forgetting reboot...

thayer · 2008-08-08 17:00:28

I've got a better idea...disable SLiM entirely and use the standard login prompt. Ctrl-Alt-Del reboots and you can bind a key combination to shutdown too--in my case, I use Ctrl-Alt-End. Problem solved.

Alternatively, you might be able to tweak who runs what within SLiM by modifying this portion of /etc/slim.conf:

# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd            /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd          /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd         /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"

uastasi · 2008-08-12 15:19:43

thayer wrote:

Alternatively, you might be able to tweak who runs what within SLiM by modifying this portion of /etc/slim.conf:
# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd            /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd          /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd         /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"

That's what I've done from the beginning, but with no results :/

Cosay · 2008-09-03 12:05:09

thayer wrote:

I've got a better idea...disable SLiM entirely and use the standard login prompt. Ctrl-Alt-Del reboots and you can bind a key combination to shutdown too--in my case, I use Ctrl-Alt-End. Problem solved.

Sorry to resurrect this thread but that sounds really cool. How did you implement this Thayer?

thayer · 2008-09-03 14:25:21

Cosay wrote:

thayer wrote:
I've got a better idea...disable SLiM entirely and use the standard login prompt. Ctrl-Alt-Del reboots and you can bind a key combination to shutdown too--in my case, I use Ctrl-Alt-End. Problem solved.
Sorry to resurrect this thread but that sounds really cool. How did you implement this Thayer?

IIRC it took a shed load of googling, so I kept notes

First, add the following line to /etc/inittab:

kb:12345:kbrequest:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -h now

As root, edit the currently used keymap, usually:

/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz

I believe you'll need to use vim for this, since it can open, modify and recompress gz files on the fly.
Now proceed to the bottom of the file, and paste ONE of the following:

For CTRL+ALT+END:

keycode 107 = Select
        altgr   control keycode 107 = KeyboardSignal
        control alt     keycode 107 = KeyboardSignal

Or, if you'd prefer to use CTRL+ALT+INSERT to shutdown:

keycode 110 = Insert
  altgr   control keycode 110 = KeyboardSignal
  control alt     keycode 110 = KeyboardSignal

Save and exit.

You'll need to restart the system after making these changes. Then, just CTRL+ALT+F{1,2,3,4,5,6} into a VC and test it out.

If for some reason the keymap isn't being loaded at startup, edit /etc/rc.local and add:

  # load keymap for ctrl+alt+end/insert shutdown
  loadkeys /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/<keymapfile>

Where <keymapfile> is the name of the keymap file you modified above.

Last edited by thayer (2008-09-03 14:28:02)

moljac024 · 2008-09-03 14:37:47

If you really want a graphical login manager with buttons for shutdown and reboot (but most importantly not requiring the root password to do this!!) you'll have to say goodbye to slim. It's been a good ride but I too, have parted ways with it and switched over to GDM. It's just more powerful and it has those nice buttons

Also, strange as it is, GDM is much faster than slim for me.

thayer · 2008-09-05 16:05:25

moljac024 wrote:

If you really want a graphical login manager with buttons for shutdown and reboot (but most importantly not requiring the root password to do this!!) you'll have to say goodbye to slim.

Login managers are overrated. I find it just as easy/simple to login at the console.

moljac024 · 2008-09-05 16:22:03

thayer wrote:

moljac024 wrote:
If you really want a graphical login manager with buttons for shutdown and reboot (but most importantly not requiring the root password to do this!!) you'll have to say goodbye to slim.
Login managers are overrated. I find it just as easy/simple to login at the console.

I can theme my login manager, can you theme yours ?

thayer · 2008-09-05 17:09:57

moljac024 wrote:

thayer wrote:
moljac024 wrote:
If you really want a graphical login manager with buttons for shutdown and reboot (but most importantly not requiring the root password to do this!!) you'll have to say goodbye to slim.
Login managers are overrated. I find it just as easy/simple to login at the console.
I can theme my login manager, can you theme yours ?

Oh, well now you're just talkin' fluff

Seriously though, I know what ya mean...but I've always been a 'function over form' kind of guy.

moljac024 · 2008-09-05 17:17:38

thayer wrote:

moljac024 wrote:
thayer wrote:
Login managers are overrated. I find it just as easy/simple to login at the console.
I can theme my login manager, can you theme yours ?
Oh, well now you're just talkin' fluff
Seriously though, I know what ya mean...but I've always been a 'function over form' kind of guy.

One more thing: Can you change what window manager you will load after logging in ? See, not just form but also more function

fflarex · 2008-09-05 17:24:49

Actually, a SLiM style .xinitrc file will let you choose your window manager. For instance if I run startx on my system it will run awesome by default, but 'startx xfce4' will run xfce.

moljac024 · 2008-09-05 17:47:40

fflarex wrote:

Actually, a SLiM style .xinitrc file will let you choose your window manager. For instance if I run startx on my system it will run awesome by default, but 'startx xfce4' will run xfce.

I know that. But thayer is not using a graphical login manager at all. Try to select a session with that

fflarex · 2008-09-05 18:02:06

No, I mean you can do that without a graphical login manager, using the same technique that SLiM uses to do it...

GDM and KDM have a different method that confuses me, though...

Last edited by fflarex (2008-09-05 18:04:38)

thayer · 2008-09-05 21:07:05

fflarex wrote:

No, I mean you can do that without a graphical login manager, using the same technique that SLiM uses to do it...

You're absolutely right, though it does add another step in the login process (having to type startx<Enter>). I had forgotten about that though--thanks for the reminder! For the record, it'd look something like this in ~/.xinitrc

DEFAULT_SESSION=xmonad
case $1 in
xfce)
  exec startxfce4
  ;;
awesome)
  exec awesome
  ;;
dwm)
  exec dwm
  ;;
*)
  $HOME/bin/dzonky &
  sleep 1
  stalonetray -bg '#1a1a1a' -d none --geometry 64x16+560-1036 &
  exec $DEFAULT_SESSION
  ;;
esac

Last edited by thayer (2008-09-05 21:09:59)

moljac024 · 2008-09-05 22:11:09

Yes, but you guys are missing the point. You can't select the session prior to logging in. Bah, should just drop it

fflarex · 2008-09-06 01:14:49

Okay, fair enough. I can think of at least one solution to getting around that limitation, but it's fairly hack-ish and messy. You win.

Although I was never really arguing against graphical login managers. I use SLIM myself...

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