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_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 242

Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

hi all,
I've just reinstalled gnome and this time I'm starting it with the "exec gnome-session" command in .xinitrc
the problem is that it doesn't show the shutdown/reboot keys but only the logoff one.
Do you know how to enable them?
Thanks

alex_anthony

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-09-25

Posts: 344

Re: Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

Those only appear if you use GDM

_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 242

Re: Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

thanks for the reply alex,
do you know if exists an "alternative application" that give something equivalent?

alex_anthony

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-09-25

Posts: 344

Re: Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

You could create some launchers with something like gksudo shutdown now as the command, then find the icons - You'll have to type in the root password, but it works
I don't think that you can get them automatically in GNOME without a login manager

_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 242

Re: Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

I'll try to create the menu launcher as you suggested,
I've used the wiki hint to run reboot/poweroff as normal user so I don't need the root password.
Thanks again alex

_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 242

Re: Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

do you know why creating this file:
/usr/share/applications/poweroff.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Poweroff
Name[it]=Spegni il computer
Exec=poweroff
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-logout.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;
StartupNotify=true

do not work..
what I'm missing?

_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 242

Re: Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

little update,
instead of using that .desktop file, I used alacarte to add in the "system" menu the "poweroff" and "reboot" commands,
anyway it seems like I can't set the right position,

I have:

System ->
             Preferences -> ...
             Poweroff
             Reboot
            *separator*
             help
             gnome-information
            *separator*
             Logout

instead of
System ->
             Preferences -> ...
            *separator*
             help
             gnome-information
            *separator*
             Logout
             Poweroff
             Reboot

this is not a big issue but I don't like it... and I can't understand where to modify that menu (alacarte don't permit this)
as you can see in my previous post I searched the solution even in /usr/share/applications/ without success...
do you know where I have to look?
why gnome is not KISS?
thanks for your suggestions, bye

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

Also, if you lock your screen with gnome-screensaver, there is an option there to log in another user while the screen is locked. This only works if you have GDM running

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_Marco_

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 242

Re: Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

excuse me but I didn't explained very well the "problem".
even without gdm, I can add a menu "item" (is it said 'menu voice' in english?) with alacarte
example:

Name: poweroff
Command: poweroff ( <---- I can run this command as normal user)
Icon: path/to/icon.png

the problem is that I don't know how to sort/edit/delete the voices of the Places/System Menu(s) (full control only for the Application one, and I think this is because it's only for the current user),
I need to find where gnome stores the config files for "every" user to edit the other two menus..
I hope to have been more clear..

infohigh

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From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2009-01-29

Posts: 6

Re: Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

Marco, I don't think GNOME allows you to edit those menus; I think they may be hardcoded somewhere o_O

I've wanted this functionality for many years, but it has never existed. I'm not sure what the details are.

Perhaps a formal request/conversation with the gnome devs could enlighten us about why only some menus are editable.

tandycorp

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Registered: 2007-07-01

Posts: 65

Re: Gnome Shutdown/Reboot keys

Ive just tried to do the same thing. My poweroff command finally needed to be pu elsewhere, like in application menu