Can't shutdown or logout

[Liam Proven]

On 29 June 2010 22:47, Jon Cosby <jon at jcosby.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:37:16 +0100, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Anyone met this one?
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>> My laptop is functioning perfectly, with a desktop spread across its
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>> internal & an external monitor. (Mint 9, which is to say, Ubuntu
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>> 10.04. Suspend or hibernate and resume doesn't work but I can live
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>> with that.)
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>> The only snag is, it completely ignores me when I try to log out or
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>> shut down. Nothing happens, no error, zero.
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>> Any pointers at where to look for more info? Does the GNOME shell log
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>> stuff like this anywhere I can look at?
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> Is there a solution for this yet? I don't want to shut down the computer
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> at the end of each session, but the only choices I have are that (via
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> terminal) or suspend.

Not yet. It worked fine the 1st time I used it /without/ the external
screen connected.

I am toying with trying Lubuntu or Crunchbang on it instead & seeing
how I get on...

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