shutdown and log out not working Ubuntu 11.10

[G.]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 31 October 2011 13:40, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> On 31 October 2011 13:07, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I upgraded to 11.10 from 11.04.  Now when you try to log out or
>>>> shutdown, I get nowhere.  If I hit the off switch on the laptop Ubuntu
>>>> shuts down, however.
>>>
>>> Do you mean it just powers off, or does it do a normal shutdown?
>
> You did not answer this question
>
>>>
>>> Check in gconf-editor that you have *not* got
>>> Apps/indicator-session/enable_suppress_logout_restart_shutdown
>>> selected.  If you *have* got it selected then this suppresses the
>>> dialog that allows restart and so on, which may be confusing the
>>> situation, though clearing it it will probably not fix the problem.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>
>> Not checked. Must be another cause.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> garyk
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I would say it just powers off, but I am not sure I know the difference.


garyk