Can't shutdown or logout

[Jon Cosby]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:37:16 +0100, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone met this one?

> 

> My laptop is functioning perfectly, with a desktop spread across its

> internal & an external monitor. (Mint 9, which is to say, Ubuntu

> 10.04. Suspend or hibernate and resume doesn't work but I can live

> with that.)

> 

> The only snag is, it completely ignores me when I try to log out or

> shut down. Nothing happens, no error, zero.

> 

> Any pointers at where to look for more info? Does the GNOME shell log

> stuff like this anywhere I can look at?





Is there a solution for this yet? I don't want to shut down the computer

at the end of each session, but the only choices I have are that (via

terminal) or suspend.







Jon