On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Mick <bareman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Following yet another update that has disabled user control of USB > sticks, cameras, etc. and blocked user from shutting down from the > desktop (in my case xfce4), I am at the end of my tether. > > Is there some way to be fore-warned of these updates coming online and > avoid them or be ready with clear info on how to repair the damage they > are set to create. Regarding the device permissions, the messages you should have received at install time can be found here: <http://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/udev.install?h=packages/udev>. I don't know about not being able to shut down. Can you reproduce the problem if you start xfce via a desktop manager? If so, please file a bug, if not then you'll need to figure out what services the DM starts for you, and start them manually instead. Cheers, Tom
