F8 : No Shutdown in menu, Login Screen is weird, Can't Shutdown only reboot

megat · #1 16th November 2007, 12:14 PM

I'm using Fedora 8 Test 3 and have since updated it a few times using software updater.

suddenly, since 2 days ago, i came upon a few problem

1. there's no Shutdown in the System panel menu

2. The login screen is somewhat different, i didn't see the normal login screen of Fedora 8. There's no option to shutdown on the login screen, only reboot and suspend.

3. There's no username on the right side of the top panel, only time and speaker icon, and of course a few small icons like compiz-config etc.

i tried to locate the login theme launcher in the menu but couldn't find it....

i also tried to locate if the launcher is hidden from the menu by checking the menu configuration but it's not there....

HaydnH · #2 16th November 2007, 02:33 PM

The command to change the login (gdm) theme is "gdmsetup".

megat · #3 16th November 2007, 09:35 PM

Code:

[root@Athlon-X2 ~]# gdmsetup
bash: gdmsetup: command not found
[root@Athlon-X2 ~]# locate gdmsetup
/usr/share/desktop-menu-patches/gnome-gdmsetup.desktop
[root@Athlon-X2 ~]# /usr/share/desktop-menu-patches/gnome-gdmsetup.desktop
bash: /usr/share/desktop-menu-patches/gnome-gdmsetup.desktop: Permission denied

any idea?

FriedChips · #4 16th November 2007, 09:38 PM

when you switch to root do it like:

Code:

su -

not

Code:

su

or

Code:

su root

I think that's probably the problem...

megat · #5 16th November 2007, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FriedChips

when you switch to root do it like:

Code:

su -

not

Code:

su

or

Code:

su root

I think that's probably the problem...

mate,
i'm now logged on as root, using root account. not using su.

HaydnH · #6 19th November 2007, 11:00 AM

Maybe your path isn't setup, try:

# /usr/sbin/gdmsetup

Or maybe (unlikely) the package is not installed:
# yum list |grep gdm
...
gdm.i386 1:2.20.1-5.fc8 installed
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