[ubuntu-uk] Shut down button missing on upgrade

[John MM]

So how do we figure out why it isn't running?
On Jan 5, 2012 5:55 PM, "James Tait" <james.tait at wyrddreams.org> wrote:

> On 05/01/12 15:06, scoundrel50a wrote:
>
>> Wow, that helped sort of. It is something to do with
>> gnome-settings-daemon. If I enter that into a terminal, funny thing
>> happens in the left panel and the top panel, and the Drop down menu
>> appears. If I close the terminal, it goes away again........
>>
>
> Yes - this is because when you close the terminal, you also terminate and
> subprocesses launched from it, in this case gnome-settings-daemon. You can
> append a '&' (i.e. gnome-settings-daemon&) to background the process and
> then it should continue running after the terminal window is closed.
>  Alternatively, you can keep the terminal open, which might help you to
> track down whatever it is that's causing gnome-settings-daemon to crash, or
> see below....
>
>  does that mean the gnome-settings-daemon
>> is not running,
>>
>
> Yes. :)
>
>   and should it be running all the time,
>>
>
> Yes. :)
>
>   and also, how can
>> I get the Icon to remain, without having to keep the terminal open......
>>
>
> You can run it from the "Run a command" prompt via alt-F2, but the
> important point here is that you shouldn't need to - it should already be
> running.  Something is causing it to crash, and it would be nice if we
> could figure out what.
>
> JT
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