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Husse
Re: Shortcut button for shutdown without password?
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ChrisChamberlain82
Re: Shortcut button for shutdown w/o password & Playing DVDs
How to send "signal 15" (shutdown command) and, watch dvds on linux mint petra xfce: EASIEST
sudo shutdown -h requires password and there isn't a workaround. (that i know of)
Make "Action Buttons" for panel/deskbar for: lock screen/restart/shut down etc...
Step 1:
>do a search from menu for: power manager
>click it
>find dropdown beside: when the power button is pressed
>select [shutdown]
>Save your work and close any open programs as you are about to shut down your system!
>tap (dont hold) the power button on your pc
>screen will read briefly: caught signal 15, system shutting down
>pc is off
Step 2: (optional)
>purchase a simple economically priced (cheap) keyboard with a power button on it from your local retailer
be sure to run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade after installing new hardware on your device!
DONE!
I Purchased a wireless logitech k400r from a very popular relailer (has a blue theme with a sunburst in the logo)
it has a pointing device built in! best of all, it has a power button! i plug my netbook into my 36" cathode-ray tube
tv and, use my keyboard like a big remote so, i can surf from my couch and, watch online streaming programs
Using vlc media player in mint xfce to play dvds on netbook with external usb powered cd/dvd-rw drive FROM A NOVICE!
WATCHING DVDs ON LM XFCE SHOULD NO LONGER BE A PROBLEM!
Step 1:
>do a search from menu for: removable drives and media
>click it
>make sure that you have an x in the box for:
mount removable media when inserted
>click multimedia tab
>enter the following in the command line for vcd/dvd:
>vlc %m
>click close
PROCEED TO STEP 2
Step 2:
>open vlc media player
>click tools
>click preferences
>show settings - click all
>click input/codecs
>scroll to: default devices
>under that you will find dvd device
>change text in field to:
/dev/sr0
>click save
DONE!
INSERT A DVD. WAIT FOR IT TO MOUNT. YOU WILL SEE THE DVD NAME ON YOUR DESKTOP
FOLLOWED BY "_" MOUNTED SUCCESFULLY. VLC WILL APPEAR AND, CUE/PLAY YOUR DVD.
MAKE SURE YOU EJECT THE MEDIA FROM THE RIGHT-CLICK CONTEXT MENU ON YOUR
"_" DVD ICON ON YOUR DESKTOP TO INFORM THE OS OF THE EJECTION! ENJOY YOUR NEW
SENSE OF WORRY-FREE SIMPLICITY! WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF LINUX!
THERE IS A QUITE A GATHERING HERE CONSISTING OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EAGER TO HELP
ONE-ANOTHER! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE ALWAYS HERE TO ASSIST YOU WITH
MAKING THE TRANSITION OVER TO A GREAT OPERATING SYSTEM THAT DOES EVERYTHING
YOU WANT IT TO DO AND, NOTHING YOU DONT. THATS THE BEAUTY OF LINUX FREEDOM!
answer entered on 15 feb 2014 at 21:00 hrs cst
sudo shutdown -h requires password and there isn't a workaround. (that i know of)
Make "Action Buttons" for panel/deskbar for: lock screen/restart/shut down etc...
Step 1:
>do a search from menu for: power manager
>click it
>find dropdown beside: when the power button is pressed
>select [shutdown]
>Save your work and close any open programs as you are about to shut down your system!
>tap (dont hold) the power button on your pc
>screen will read briefly: caught signal 15, system shutting down
>pc is off
Step 2: (optional)
>purchase a simple economically priced (cheap) keyboard with a power button on it from your local retailer
be sure to run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade after installing new hardware on your device!
DONE!
I Purchased a wireless logitech k400r from a very popular relailer (has a blue theme with a sunburst in the logo)
it has a pointing device built in! best of all, it has a power button! i plug my netbook into my 36" cathode-ray tube
tv and, use my keyboard like a big remote so, i can surf from my couch and, watch online streaming programs
Using vlc media player in mint xfce to play dvds on netbook with external usb powered cd/dvd-rw drive FROM A NOVICE!
WATCHING DVDs ON LM XFCE SHOULD NO LONGER BE A PROBLEM!
Step 1:
>do a search from menu for: removable drives and media
>click it
>make sure that you have an x in the box for:
mount removable media when inserted
>click multimedia tab
>enter the following in the command line for vcd/dvd:
>vlc %m
>click close
PROCEED TO STEP 2
Step 2:
>open vlc media player
>click tools
>click preferences
>show settings - click all
>click input/codecs
>scroll to: default devices
>under that you will find dvd device
>change text in field to:
/dev/sr0
>click save
DONE!
INSERT A DVD. WAIT FOR IT TO MOUNT. YOU WILL SEE THE DVD NAME ON YOUR DESKTOP
FOLLOWED BY "_" MOUNTED SUCCESFULLY. VLC WILL APPEAR AND, CUE/PLAY YOUR DVD.
MAKE SURE YOU EJECT THE MEDIA FROM THE RIGHT-CLICK CONTEXT MENU ON YOUR
"_" DVD ICON ON YOUR DESKTOP TO INFORM THE OS OF THE EJECTION! ENJOY YOUR NEW
SENSE OF WORRY-FREE SIMPLICITY! WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF LINUX!
THERE IS A QUITE A GATHERING HERE CONSISTING OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EAGER TO HELP
ONE-ANOTHER! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE ALWAYS HERE TO ASSIST YOU WITH
MAKING THE TRANSITION OVER TO A GREAT OPERATING SYSTEM THAT DOES EVERYTHING
YOU WANT IT TO DO AND, NOTHING YOU DONT. THATS THE BEAUTY OF LINUX FREEDOM!
answer entered on 15 feb 2014 at 21:00 hrs cst
Last edited by ChrisChamberlain82 on Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:07 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Spearmint2
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Re: Shortcut button for shutdown without password?
If you are shutting down you will finally be taking your hand off the mouse button, so why not just push the Power button on your keyboard instead? I kept doing that by mistake on mine and ended up pulling the key off to avoid in future, but might be just what you want and need.
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