Shutdown button broken on karmic

[IKT]

Heya,

This might help:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K79PrQdDYQ

In text form he basically says:

alt+f2 > gconf-editor > Apps > indicator-session > check the box "suppress
logout_restart_shutdown"

And you should shutdown/logout/restart straight away.

- IKT



On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Paul Gear <paul at libertysys.com.au> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I upgraded my kids desktop to karmic over the weekend, and i'm really
> not happy with what they've done with the power button.
>
> I know how strange this sounds coming from a 15-year Linux user, but i
> really want the power button to act just like it does on Windows XP.  In
> XP, unless two or more persons are logged into the computer, the power
> button shuts the machine down as fast as possible with no confirmation.
> On intrepid and earlier, this worked the same.  On jaunty, they took
> away the ability to do this while anyone was logged in, but it still
> worked from the login prompt (gdm).  Now, on karmic, it does absolutely
> nothing, whether you're logged in or not.  I want the old XP-style
> behaviour back - how can i do that?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
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