Some keys are missing in the "Power OFF" dialogue

[Catalin David]

Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> 2008/5/20, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com 
> <mailto:brian.mckee at gmail.com>>:
>
>     On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Johnny Rosenberg
>     <gurus.knugum at gmail.com <mailto:gurus.knugum at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > I have had a problem for weeks now that nobody seems to be able
>     to solve, or
>     > maybe just nobody cares...
>     >
>     > The problem occurs when I click the "Power down" button, or
>     whatever it's
>     > called, I am talking about the button next to the date and time
>     in the upper
>     > right corner (where it is by default, I didn't move it around).
>     What happens
>     > is that the dialogue opens as it should, but two buttons are
>     missing:
>     > Suspend and Hibernate. If I click Cancel and then click the
>     Power Down
>     > button again, all 7 buttons are there (plus Cancel of course).
>     >
>     > Here are some clues:
>     >
>     > I also have KDE and Xfce installed on my system, but this
>     problem ONLY
>     > occurs with Gnome.
>     > My wife has an account on the very same computer, but she has no
>     problem of
>     > this kind at all. She always gets the 7 buttons plus the Cancel
>     button.
>     > If I click [System → Appearance → Visual Effects → None →
>     Close], the
>     > problem still persists, even after full restart.
>     > If I logout, then login to a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F2), then rename
>     ~/.gconf to
>     > ~/.gconf.old, then logout and finally do a normal login to Gnome
>     again, the
>     > same problem still persists.
>     >
>     > I don't really know what's best to try next. Any ideas?
>
>
>     Me either - that sounds odd to me.  I'd file a bug...
>
>
> Not easy to file a bug when I don't even know what circumstances make 
> this happen. How can I make it possible for someone else to reproduce 
> this problem? I kind of hoped that someone else experienced this 
> problem, but that this "someone" is more experienced than me 
> (beginner), being able to, if not solve the problem, at least have an 
> idea what might be causing it.
>
> If you have a link to where I file a bug, I would appreciate it. The 
> question is if this is an Ubuntu bug (if it is a bug) or a Gnome bug 
> or some other kind of bug...
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
>

Hello!

I've suffered from this, too. The thing is that, from Gnome, when you 
install KDE, shutdown and reboot commands are no longer owned by user 
(this is what I found out when I had this problem, too). I don't 
remember exactly what I did, but I am very sure it had to do with the 
install of KDE over Gnome. The thing I did: uninstall KDE, save home and 
start off again with a new version, but ... this is no way to deal with 
problems :P.

Hope that helped,
Catalin David