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

[Alan McKinnon]

On 14/05/2014 17:08, Andrew Lowe wrote:
> Hi all,
> 	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.
>
> 	Does anyone have any ideas as to why sometimes the dialogue, and hence
> the shutdown process, does work and others it does not? Any thoughts are
> greatly appreciated.
>
> 	Andrew
>
>
>


I've seen similar oddities from time to time myself, and I worked around
them:

I added the Lock/Logout plasmoid to my panel. That one doesn't go away
on a whim.

-- 
Alan McKinnon
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