Re: [gentoo-user] KDE -> Shutdown - Sometimes it's there, other times it's not......

[Neil Bothwick]

On Wed, 14 May 2014 23:08:46 +0800, Andrew Lowe wrote:

> 	Running an unstable 64 bit KDE desktop. Sometimes when it comes
> time to shut down, I go to the "K" thingy on the menu bar, select
> "Leave" -> "Shut down" and then hit the button on the dialogue that
> pops up, and in turn the machine shuts down.
>
> 	Other times, after selecting "Shut down", no dialogue comes up.
> Even if I wait 30 seconds, the default shutdown wait period, the
> machine does not shut down. In this case, I now have to resort to
> firing up a terminal then as root running "shutdown -h now". This will
> in turn cause the shutdown.

I've seen this. sometimes, if I wait long enough, I get a message about a
process that can't be interrupted. Other times, I probably just don't
wait long enough.

Patience is a virtue, but not one of mine.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

After all is said and done let there not be more said than done.