Cannot Shutdown/Restart from KDE

Arthenik · 2010-05-02 20:13:19

I cannot shut down from the Lancelot menu, or any other KDE menu for that matter. Whatever I choose, Shutdown, Suspend to RAM, etc., the system always asks me whether I want to log out.

I originally thought that this was a KDEmod issue, so I switched to standard KDE, but the problem persists.

toad · 2010-05-02 21:12:16

How do you start KDE?

JezdziecBezNicka · 2010-05-02 21:48:38

You need

exec ck-launch-session startkde

in your xinitrc. Or use kdm.

Arthenik · 2010-05-02 22:23:06

I use CDM. I was under the impression that it added the necessary bits by itself, but I guess it didn't. Thanks a lot.

Soumyadeep · 2010-05-03 10:51:35

I also have this same issue , my .xinitrc is like the above: exec ck-launch-session startkde, using slim as login manger. But still I cant shutdown or restart from kde, only when using kdm I can shutdown.

grey · 2010-05-03 12:28:30

Similar problem here:

exec ck-launch-session startkde

in .xinitrc doesn't work anymore. It works for Lxde, but in KDE the shutdown / reboot options are not shown in the Leave section of Kmenu.

This used to work a few months ago, but I'm using kdm, so I didn't notice it until now. I didn't find anything relevant via google or the wiki.

Arthenik · 2010-05-03 20:34:39

It didn't work.

JezdziecBezNicka · 2010-05-03 20:58:50

exec ck-launch-session startkde

works for sessions started with startx or xinit, not ones started by a display manager.

grey · 2010-05-03 23:50:16

JezdziecBezNicka wrote:

exec ck-launch-session startkde
works for sessions started with startx or xinit, not ones started by a display manager.

That doesn't make sense. There are display managers (e.g. slim) that call startx / xinit. If you use one of them, ck-launch-session should work. KDM, on the other hand, doesn't call the users .xinitrc. So it's not a question of display manger vs. startx.

Also, ck-launch-session still does what it's supposed to do: it allows the desktop environment access to the shutdown / reboot service via hal. That part still works. What doesn't work is that KDE doesn't show the shutdown / reboot options.

sand_man · 2010-05-04 00:24:13

If you use kdm (or gdm I suppose) it will work. I also heard that being in the power group works too but I can't verify that.

grey · 2010-05-04 00:34:14

sand_man wrote:

I also heard that being in the power group works too but I can't verify that.

Nope. At least not for me. The only way I can get the shutdown option in Kmenu->Leave is by starting the session via kdm. Does anyone know when and why this changed?

Soumyadeep · 2010-05-04 01:48:38

not working for me either, even when using gdm, kde wont show the shutdown buttons.

lasu1 · 2010-05-09 02:54:16

I have this problem as well, and use the ck-launch-session command in .xinitrc. I start X with "startx." I'm not too keen on using KDM as I like starting from the CL if I need to do fsck or whatever, or mount/umount, etc. Is there a way without KDM?

EDIT: my user is also in the power group.

Last edited by lasu1 (2010-05-09 02:54:41)

Mystal · 2010-06-21 20:13:09

I've been looking around for a while and have yet to find an answer to this problem. I use CDM to launch KDE (which uses ck-launch-session). I've tried adding myself to the power group.. to no avail.

Has anyone found a solution?

sickill · 2010-10-02 09:07:22

I have the same problem. I tried using CDM (which uses ck-launch-session) and I also tried ck-launch-session startkde from console. There must be a solution for this.... Anyone know it already?

Berseker · 2010-12-13 17:39:09

another user with the same issue.. (xinit started from inittab, exec ck-launch-session startkde in ~/.xinitrc )

meop · 2010-12-18 04:21:35

I have the same issue on only one of two machines. It is not solved by removing and then reinstalling the main KDE packages through pacman.

kikinovak · 2010-12-18 13:42:32

Just did a fresh install of Arch with a minimal KDE set and KDM. KDM is launched from /etc/inittab. I do have Restart, Shutdown and Disconnect buttons in my menu, they also show up for confirmation when I click on them... only they don't do a thing. Which leaves me clueless.

kikinovak · 2010-12-18 14:21:27

I investigated this problem a little further. Many folks seem to face the same issue. Curiously enough (to make a long story short), installing the 'speex' package solves the problem. Weird but it works.

xainan66 · 2010-12-19 19:24:12

kikinovak wrote:

installing the 'speex' package solves the problem

I confirm that works. But that drives me to the next question: shouldn't be "speex" added as a dependency by pacman when installing kdebase?
I think KDE needs it to play the login and logoff sounds (correct me if I'm wrong), and since it isn't installed, you can't close session.

anonymous_user · 2010-12-20 01:21:05

xainan66 wrote:

kikinovak wrote:
installing the 'speex' package solves the problem
I confirm that works. But that drives me to the next question: shouldn't be "speex" added as a dependency by pacman when installing kdebase?

http://bugs.archlinux.org/

meop · 2010-12-20 15:30:57

Adding speex does not cause the shutdown or restart buttons to reappear in the kde menu for me.

meop · 2011-01-18 19:08:33

My issue was something different. If adding 'speex' causes buttons that are present but not functional to become functional, than this is solved.

KlavKalashj · 2011-04-15 19:30:09

meop wrote:

My issue was something different. If adding 'speex' causes buttons that are present but not functional to become functional, than this is solved.

I have this problem too on kde 4.6.2. Speex is installed. I press shutdown/reboot/logout, sound is playing, screen is dimming, and then nothing more happens. I can still launch programs, desktop is dimmed when showing desktop, but if I start a new application it is not dimmed.

Edit: Sorry for waking old thread.

Last edited by KlavKalashj (2011-04-15 19:30:43)

ewaller · 2011-04-16 01:48:16

Moderator -- This thread is getting a little "long-in-the-tooth" (old) and was reported dor necrobumping. As far as I am aware, this problem does remain, so I am leaving this open

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