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RBJ1128
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 Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Shutdown/Restart Options gone in KDE |
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I recently ran on my AMD64 box. It finished fine, but I no longer have the options to shutdown or reboot the computer when I click "logout" from the menu. The only option that I have is to "End Current Session". I have tried running but to no avail. Does anyone know what I need to re-emerge or what I need to edit so that I have the shutdown options back? Thanks.
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ok
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Is it possible that kdm isn't running? Because you can only shutdown/reboot with kdm, if I start kde without xdm (kdm) i can only close the session and not shutdown the computer. |
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RBJ1128
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| ok wrote: | | Is it possible that kdm isn't running? Because you can only shutdown/reboot with kdm, if I start kde without xdm (kdm) i can only close the session and not shutdown the computer. |
I have xdm set to start at the default runlevel, and I use gdm as the login manager. This is how I have done it for a few years now, and I cannot seem to identify any upgrade that would cause this to occur.
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tdev
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm, compiz? Beryl? I had the same issue after I installed compiz on my different box. This seems to be related to the way compiz works .. after logging in via kdm/gdm/xdm the controls are passed to Xgl, whichs runs one 'level' above the standard X server, meaning you have to quit your compiz desktop and get back one level down (to k/g/xdm) to be able to shutdown or reboot. (if you check pstree you should see what I mean).
Just an idea, actually, I doubt ..
.. would cause all that. But I guess it's always better to know.. |
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RBJ1128
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| tdev wrote: | Hmm, compiz? Beryl? I had the same issue after I installed compiz on my different box. This seems to be related to the way compiz works .. after logging in via kdm/gdm/xdm the controls are passed to Xgl, whichs runs one 'level' above the standard X server, meaning you have to quit your compiz desktop and get back one level down (to k/g/xdm) to be able to shutdown or reboot. (if you check pstree you should see what I mean).
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I did install Compiz earlier, but after it switched some settings on me I removed it. I followed http://wiki.gentoo-xeffects.org/Compiz_Fusion to install it, and I just followed the same thing in reverse, deleting the files that I had to create, along the way.[/url]
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tdev
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So it looks like you can rule out compiz. No idea about other causes, but it seems it's a common problem nowadays.. For now I guess you'll have to use ..
| Code: | | su -c 'shutdown -h now' |
.. on the terminal instead. Not the ultimate solution but at least it's faster than logging off and shutting down. |
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RBJ1128
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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| tdev wrote: | So it looks like you can rule out compiz. No idea about other causes, but it seems it's a common problem nowadays.. For now I guess you'll have to use ..
| Code: | | su -c 'shutdown -h now' |
.. on the terminal instead. Not the ultimate solution but at least it's faster than logging off and shutting down. |
I switched from gdm to kdm and the options are back. I am going to try to switch back to gdm later today or tomorrow and see what happens.
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RBJ1128
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| tdev wrote: | So it looks like you can rule out compiz. No idea about other causes, but it seems it's a common problem nowadays.. For now I guess you'll have to use ..
| Code: | | su -c 'shutdown -h now' |
.. on the terminal instead. Not the ultimate solution but at least it's faster than logging off and shutting down. |
So I tried going back to gdm and the shutdown options vanished again. Currently, I am running kdm instead and all seems to be well.
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