On 2017-02-06 09:25, Fraser_Bell wrote:
On 02/05/2017 06:58 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-02-05 15:00, James Knott wrote:
On 02/05/2017 12:39 AM, Fraser_Bell wrote:
Is there another way? Or, have things changed enough that the message is done differently?
It's been a while since I've used it, but there is a way to create a pop up message, at least in KDE. I've long since forgotten the details.
Yes, but one needs a way to pop up a message in all desktops, no matter if it is gnome, kde, xfce...
Yes. Exactly.
The KDE pop-up message that was supposed to do that was xmessage or zenity(?), I believe, but it does not work from an SSH login. Have not tested it while sitting at the machine in question, maybe it works then, or if root is in the GUI and opens a terminal there and uses one of those, but that would be a moot usage, anyway.
If I am sitting at the machine, I do not need to send myself a message that I am about to shut it down.
But there may be remote users. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)