[SOLVED] xfce unclean shutdown.

chris_debian · 2009-03-11 21:38:31

Hi, all.

Just finished an install.

When I hit the halt or shutdown option, I get a message that mentions

HAL-powermanagement freedesktop reboot no

or something similar.

I'm guessing that something is not set-up correctly. Does anyone know how I can address this?

Many thanks,

Chris.

Last edited by chris_debian (2009-03-18 12:08:26)

shaded · 2009-03-11 21:49:17

To get my shutdown/restart working in XFCE & GNOME I had to start my desktop environment like this:

exec ck-launch-session startxfce4

in my .xinitrc.

I can't be sure since you didn't give the exact error but give it a try.

chris_debian · 2009-03-12 12:08:49

I use the SLIM login manager and it just says

# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions            xfce4

Does that help?

Thanks,

Chris.

bgc1954 · 2009-03-12 14:09:11

You are quoting a section of the /etc/slim.conf file but the slim login manager looks to your /home/username/.xinitrc file to know what wm/de you want to launch. As shaded suggested, try putting

exec ck-launch-session startxfce4

in your .xinitrc file.

Last edited by bgc1954 (2009-03-12 14:10:19)

chris_debian · 2009-03-12 16:49:34

Appreciate that.

Is there anyway I can make it system wide instead of doing it on a per user basis?

Cheers,

Chris.

bgc1954 · 2009-03-12 17:26:58

I believe you can point your /etc/slim.conf startup line to /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and put your startxfce4 command in there. Can't say for sure as I'm at my laptop and I don't use a login manager on it.

chris_debian · 2009-03-13 17:28:49

I think the answer lies in editing this file:

/usr/share/PolicyKit/policy/org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.policy

Chris.

EVRAMP · 2009-03-13 19:53:27

chris_debian wrote:

I think the answer lies in editing this file:
/usr/share/PolicyKit/policy/org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.policy
Chris.

Be aware, that updating hal package will overwrite this file. If you want to keep edited config files, it is suggested to put them into /etc folder (/etc/hal/fdi/policy/ in case of this file).

But to your question -> system-wide setting of .xinitrc file is in /etc/skel/.xinitrc. In /etc/skel folder you will find all files, that new user on your system will have in their home directory (files from /etc/skel are copied to home directory after adding user). For existing users you will have to change files in their home dir.

Last edited by EVRAMP (2009-03-13 19:55:20)

chris_debian · 2009-03-13 20:54:53

Thanks for your comments. As I've never needed to worry about this subject before, do you know whether it is essential that I have these files to do with freedesktop policy?

Thanks,

Chris.

chris_debian · 2009-03-17 16:25:01

Do we know whether this should be filed as a bug?

Chris.

kgas · 2009-03-17 17:01:40

IMO this is not a bug, The same shutdown issues had been discussed and solutions are available.

chris_debian · 2009-03-17 17:31:35

I understand what you are saying, but on a default installation of the package, if something has to be fixed, then surely it is broken. i wouldn't expect to modify my xfce set-up so that it opens graciously, so not sure why I'd have to so that it closes graciously.

chris_debian · 2009-03-18 12:07:34

bgc1954 wrote:

As shaded suggested, try putting
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
in your .xinitrc file.

Just got back to my PC after a few days away. I've tried this and it has fixed the problem.

Many thanks for everyone's help.

Cheers,

Chris.

Last edited by chris_debian (2009-03-18 12:08:01)

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