Agree entirely this should be done, and here is what I propose it should say:

Special usernames (commands configurable in the config file):

• console: start console login
• exit: exit SLiM
• halt: halt the system (root password required)
• reboot: reboot the system (root password required)

See /usr/share/doc/slim/README for details

Thanks for adding your voice to this idea.

Did you see the email I sent earlier? The purpy login is installed in /usr/share/slim/themes/devuan-curve/slim.theme

The panel is a narrow vertical strip. Everything entered on the panel is in pixels and absolute position. I've heard it has a mind of it's own.

@hellekin - Any chance you can take a look at this request and also the one telling users to change DEs with F1?

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See the commit above. I have a couple of problems with this approach: 1) it's a case of RTFM; 2) it only works for English speakers, so we should have a version in all languages supported by Devuan, which is a lot of extra work. That's the burden of using languages in images (even the "login" is problematic when you only understand "\xe0\xa4\xb2\xe0\xa4\x97 - \xe0\xa4\x87\xe0\xa4\xa8")

Once we figured out the right placement forinput_name_yandusername_ywe can include it in theslimpackage.

Another issue with adding special usernameconsoleis found in the source code:debian/README.Debian. The packages recommends xtermbutxtermmay not be installed, in which case enteringconsoleas the username will fail. This is non-trivial.

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@CenturionDan . . . this issue can be closed but I do not have authority to close issues here. hellekin and I added a reference on the login screen pointing to where additional commands can be found.