Bug 217055

Summary:	Add countdown to "are you sure you wish to shutdown? because tty is open"
Product:	kdm	Reporter:	Pascal d'Hermilly <pascal>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Pascal d'Hermilly 2009-12-02 13:27:18 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

There should be added a countdown of e.g. 10 seconds to the "Are you sure you wish to shutdown. because a tty is open"

I just had my laptop turned on in my backpack for an hour while traveling and bumping around. I had asked to shutdown and I had seen kde shutting down.

Thank you for KDM :-)

Comment 1 freeseek 2010-04-04 22:04:47 UTC

Indeed, this feature does more harm than good! It is incredibly annoying. Most users don't care if a tty has been left open. There are multiple problems. It takes a long time for this dialog to come up, so chances are the user already left the machine. A countdown is a dirty fix in my opinion, but better than nothing. The dialog should pop up immediately, and not after many seconds. Moreover, this is indeed a bug. Try to open a tty and then close it. KDE will prop up the dialog "Are you sure you wish to shutdown. because a tty is open" nevertheless. If you cannot fix this mostly unwanted feature, please consider removing it, as it does more harm than good.

Comment 2 Oswald Buddenhagen 2010-04-07 00:35:02 UTC

@pascal: nah, you really want something different. :)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 183274 ***