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Bug 870 - Shutdown dialog contains options to modify bootloader
Summary: Shutdown dialog contains options to modify bootloader
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: TDE
Classification: Unclassified
Component: tdebase (show other bugs)
Version: R14.0.x [Trinity]
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 normal
Assignee: Timothy Pearson
URL:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-02-21 19:53 CST by Darrell
Modified: 2018-05-27 10:59 CDT (History)
3 users (show)

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2014-03-05 20:42 CST, Michele Calgaro 		Details
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Description Darrell 2012-02-21 19:53:58 CST 
When starting X/TDE from a login manager, the Shutdown confirmation dialog displays a Restart button with a little arrow.

Selecting and holding the button reveals the options to select how the system restarts. The button options are from the GRUB menu.lst.

I don't know whether LILO options are supported.

How is the default GRUB boot option supposed to get changed? That is, the user needs admin permissions to modify menu.lst.

When the user does not have those permissions, should the Restart button then be a generic button with no options like the other buttons?

Per discussion in the mailing list, participants felt that these options were inappropriate for the TDE shutdown dialog. The options should be removed from the Restart button.
Comment 1 Michele Calgaro 2014-03-05 02:43:10 CST 
I don't have that little arrow and those options, provided I am looking at the right place (TDE menu -> Logout -> Shutdown dialog appears) and I have tested with a root account, so no privileges missing.
Is this still valid?
Comment 2 Darrell 2014-03-05 13:25:57 CST 
In kcontrol session manager, 'Confirm logout' and 'Offer shutdown options' must be enabled.

I don't know how the dialog responds when GRUB 2 is installed rather than GRUB 1.

I have GRUB 1 installed. I still have the little arrow in the Restart button.

Selecting the Restart button requires carefully pressing AND holding the mouse button to view the options. The options are still there on my system.

As mentioned in the original report and the referenced mail list discussion, the list of options seems inappropriate because of the necessary administrative permissions.

Further, I doubt lilo is supported and my wild guess is GRUB 2 is not supported, although I have no way of testing.
Comment 3 Michele Calgaro 2014-03-05 20:42:52 CST 
Created attachment 1983 [details]
shutdown dialog

(In reply to Darrell from comment #2)
> In kcontrol session manager, 'Confirm logout' and 'Offer shutdown options'
> must be enabled.
> have GRUB 1 installed
Interesting. I have the same options enabled and also use grub 1 (far better than grub 2 IMO), but I don't have that arrow (see screenshot).
I wonder if there is a config option somewhere that causes the difference in behavior.