I have installed Slackware 9.1 and set up a username and can log in ok - straight to kde (after login).

However when I right click the screen and choose logoff, or click on the logoff in the menu I only go back to the login screen. Only place to go is back in.

How do I log off, apart from choosing the reset button ?

This seems such a silly problem I don't like to ask. I've been searching but can't find anybody else asking exactly the same question.

As a failsafe solution, you can log off using a plain ol' console.

Hit CONTROL-ALT-F6, and you should be presented with a text-only screen. Log in as root, and then type "shutdown -h now". That should do the trick.

Alternatively, fire up kcontrol, go to the
system -> login-manager thing and enable
the shut-down button ;) for kdm ...



Cheers,
Tink

Now here's a good question for ya:

When I do "shutdown -h now", the kernel shuts down nicely and all, but it never kills the power to the computer. Other Linux distros that I have seen DO kill the power. Any thoughts?

apmd or acpid not running... check your
kernel config, too.

My boxums all switch themselves off on shutdown.

Cheers,
Tink

Thanks for your prompt replies. I couldn't get this to work last night and decided to sleep on it.

vvv - I get the same result as yourself, which is safer than what I was doing and I thank you for that.

Tinkster - I have tried Control Centre - KDE Components - Session Manager and clicked Turn off Computer then APPLY. I still just get back to the login, and when I login and go back to Session Manager the setting has reverted to login as Different User.

Seems to me this must be the default at some higher level ?

I set up the username using the following commands:

useradd -c "Real Name" username
mkdir /home/username
chown username, /home/username
passwd username

Is there anything wrong with these ?

It has occurred to me to go into KDE as root but I don't know how to do that. (I mean I know how to get into root, but not into KDE as root.)

Thanks for reading this.

Did you get prompted for roots password?
If not, try
ssh -X root@localhost kcontrol



Cheers,
Tink

Hi Tinkster

Do you mean when I set up the username ? That was last week and I was logged in as root with password when I did it.

I tried your line and got:

The authenticity of host 'localhost (127.0.0.1)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 74:16:88:6b:39:db:d9:bf:a0:c4:cf:4c:b7:d6:2b:ff.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

yes

Warning: Permanently added 'localhost' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
root@localhost's password:

gave root password

bash: line 1: kcontrol: command not found
root@blueyonder:/home/richard#

Not sure where that leaves me ? (Completely clueless !)

Well, if kcontrol can't be found there's something majorly
wrong with your install ... slack won't set up too many paths
for you, but I'm certain that if KDE is installed properly
kcontrol should be able to be run from a prompt by user
and root.


Cheers,
Tink

add;

apm=power-off

to your

append

line in the Slackware stanza in lilo.conf - ie for example

append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet apm=power-off"

then type

/sbin/lilo

to make the changes take effect

Then use

halt

as Root user to shut the system down........