[Mageia-discuss] beta2 woes and no graphical root (tonyb)

Sun Apr 8 12:35:43 CEST 2012

Op zondag 08 april 2012 10:08:44 schreef Tony Blackwell:
+> Thanks to Maarten for prompt reply.
+> 1. Lilo not booting; I can't tell if
+> 
+>   https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5044
+> is the same problem; it does concern lilo, but in a raid setting and I
+> wasn't quite clear on what problem was being described there.
+
+anyway, i think the lilo problem will be resolved before release
+
+> 2. rpm update failure; Maarten is right, yes is is
+> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4918
+>   I'll await beta3
+> 
+> 
+> While I'm at it, beta2 has lost the ability for root to log in graphically.
+>  Beta1 was without this on the DVD but upgrades fixed it.  Beta2 does not
+> honor the flag set in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc, where setting AllowRoot
+> to true has for many releases been all that is required to allow a
+> graphical root login.   (useful for system admin, no I never go out on the
+> web as root!)  Intended behaviour or accident? tonyb
+
+not sure, but i thought not logging in graphically as root was a feature
+