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#1 2009-05-02 00:56:45

cb474
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Registered: 2009-04-04
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Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

I'm running Gnome with GDM. I randomly have the experience that every once in a while when I select "restart" or "shutdown" from the Gnome shutdown dialogue, it just logs out intsead and returns me to the GDM login screen. I can then shutdown or reboot successfully from the login screen. It's not really a big deal. It happens a couple times a week. I'm just curious if anyone else is experiencing this and/or can shed any light on it.

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#2 2009-05-05 15:15:05

Kirurgs
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Registered: 2008-10-20
Posts: 144

Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

Hi,

I expierence the same, but that is not big deal with me as well, because usually I restart computer once in a week or two...

regards
Kirurgs

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#3 2009-05-05 19:31:34

EVRAMP
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From: Czech Republic
Registered: 2008-10-03
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Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

I can confirm this.

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#4 2009-05-06 18:11:04

Gather
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From: Poland, Konin
Registered: 2007-07-07
Posts: 8

Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

i have the same issue !

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#5 2009-05-06 18:56:54

ArchArael
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Registered: 2005-06-14
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Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

Sorry. sad I misunderstood the problem. So I have deleted my futile reply.

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#6 2009-05-06 19:51:30

cb474
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Registered: 2009-04-04
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Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

Well, it's interesting that other people see this behavior too. I wonder what causes it?

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#7 2009-05-30 20:23:20

YankeeFan
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Registered: 2008-11-14
Posts: 19

Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

Add me to the list of people experiencing this issue.

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#8 2009-05-30 20:45:29

Knives
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Registered: 2008-12-26
Posts: 25

Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

I am using XFCE4 without a login manager and experiencing the same issue.

So I believe it is not a GDM or a Gnome issue.

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#9 2009-05-30 21:01:01

fflarex
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Registered: 2007-09-15
Posts: 466

Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

Maybe it's an issue with ConsoleKit then?

I don't use gnome or xfce and I don't have this issue, but that might be a common denominator between xfce and gnome's shutdown stuff.

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#10 2009-06-13 01:05:16

alexmatos
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From: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Registered: 2007-08-06
Posts: 124

Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

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#11 2009-06-13 02:26:10

cb474
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Registered: 2009-04-04
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Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

Thanks. Curiously, without doing anything, I'm having this problem much less frequently. I can't remember the last time it happened. Very odd for something like this to just happen sometimes and not others.

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#12 2009-06-22 03:53:02

alexmatos
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From: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Registered: 2007-08-06
Posts: 124

Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

cb474 wrote:

Thanks. Curiously, without doing anything, I'm having this problem much less frequently. I can't remember the last time it happened. Very odd for something like this to just happen sometimes and not others.

It seems that the solution in the link doesn't really work. I still get this error.

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#13 2009-10-03 12:28:56

stolowski
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From: Poland, Bydgoszcz
Registered: 2009-09-23
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Re: Sometimes Gnome just logs out, instead of rebooting/shutting down

I'm having the same issue and still looking for a solution as it's a bit annoying for me. I've found a couple of threads about similiar problems on this forum (as well as on forums for other distros), but couldn't find a workaround. I've changed PolicyKit settings to allow anyone or just specific user to shutdown the system, but it didn't help. I've also tried to strace gnome-session and gdm, but couldn't find any clues.

Has anyone of you managed to find a workaround for this problem?

Last edited by stolowski (2009-10-03 12:29:58)

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