Hi i have Slackware9.0 , In KDE or Gnome when i log out there is no choice of shutting down or halting the machine , How can i add this option ??
And when i typed in consol :- (shutdown -h now )
It gave me some lines ended by ( power down )
And i hear a sound from the case but it is not turning off!!!!
Every time i have to hit the power button in the case ....:rolleyes:
Another problem please , each about 20 minutes i found the screen goes black and then come back again , Nothing happened but that aint feel comfortable ..
Thanks :D

Salamo 3alaikom,

Ya Jo-jo, I think this is due to gdm configuration done by Slackware by default. I don't know if you are or not using gdm. I suggest you try the following. As root type gdmconfig in a console. Try to search for an option for adding a shutdown in gdm. I don't know much about Kdm.

Salam.

Hi ya basha ....
I did that , and i didnot find anything related to shutting down or logging out ....
:rolleyes:

Salamo 3alaikom,

Do you see a system menu in gdm or not?

Salam.

About the black screen there is two possible thing
1- apm (adv power managment) is configer to do so, this is used to save power
2- a blank screen server (try use other X screen server)
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when it say power down it mean it's now safe to turn off the computer (old computer can't turn off automaticlly)

check your BIOS power managment see if it's enabled
see the configeration of apm and gdm
let any member email you the config files (I'm using runlevel 2/3 all the time so I don't have the files)

I am using mandrake 9.0 and I had a problem that when I logged out I didnt have the choice "shut down "
so I wrote in the command line "halt" and the computer shut down but I didnt know how to recover the choice back while logging out

Okay , Here is a snapshot of the gdmconfig I donot know what to do there exactly ..
http://members.lycos.co.uk/raditux/snapshot1.png

About the screen saver i donot think so cuz that happened while working in the computer ...
And as to the apm :-

root@darkstar:/home/tux# apm
No APM support in kernel
root@darkstar:/home/tux#
Any way : madam hitting the power button wont damage my system , so it is fine with me :D
and madam mawdoo3 el black screen isnot a strange thing and wnot damage my machine so it is fine wih me too :D
But i hope i can shut down the machine 3alatool men el KDE or Gnome
Thanx all for help :D:rolleyes:

# modprobe apm

BTW: My PC doesn't poweroff also, though i tried all the tricks and instructions. :-P

i know nothing about gdm2 i'm still using gdm 1 "Debian Rulez"

hmm

mine too -the old one - but in window$ :p

and the new one it was the same in 9.1

can`t it be something with the power ??

apm or anything like that ??

cat /etc/lilo.conf | grep apm
append="hdd=ide-scsi apm=on apm=power-off noapic apm=on"