Shutdown from GUI logon screen

[Member dukester]

Is it possible?

I can choose a WM.
I can logon.
How do I logoff if I need to?

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dukester

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I don’t understand. Doesn’t the “Exit Session” method give the option to logoff?

antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.

[Member dukester]

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You bet it does! No problem there.
However, suppose I boot my system and at the login screen I decide/need to “get-out-of-town”. How do I shutdown the system then?

Or – if I’ve loged off from the screen you show, and decide to shutdown, what then?

• This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by dukester.

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dukester

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You’ve got to get in to get out…

or press the power button shortly.

[Member dukester]

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You mean to say that at the login screen, I don’t need to shut the system down gracefully? Surely there’s `slim’ running at the very least?

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dukester

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Yes, it’s possible to shutdown from login screen in slimski.
For shutdown enter halt as the username
For reboot enter reboot as username

[Member dukester]

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@caprea Outstanding! Thx. I knew there had to be a way out but could not find the docs. Thanks again!

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dukester

[Member dukester]

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Didn’t work for me!
Tried them both!
username=halt then password
username=reboot then password

No Joy! Is there some obscure setting that needs to be tweaked before this can work?

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dukester

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Works here on antiX19 and 21
Might your problem is that halt and reboot require root password.Sorry I forgot to mention this.
antiX21 uses slimski, you can look for information at
man slimski

[Member dukester]

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Worked like a charm using root passwd.
I should have figured that out myself though! Thx again!!

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