XFCE4 shutdown stopped working after update

peart · 2008-11-30 22:36:42

Hello Archers,

I use XFCE, and when I try to shut down using the panel button, my X session ends, and I'm left on the console, with the following error message:

** (xfce4-session:2398): WARNING **: xfsm-shutdown-helper .c:176: Failed to contact HAL: org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown no <-- (action, result)

This just started today after the big xorg update. What I find puzzling is that I've been using testing for several months, and everything worked fine until today. Anyway, has anyone else come across this problem, and is there a known solution?

Also, I just noticed I have about 50 console-kit-daemon processes running. I've seen a previous thread about this, so I'll search and hopefully find a solution.

Army · 2008-11-30 23:21:22

Same here, worked fine the last few weeks (?) and my machine suddenly doesn't want to reboot anymore.

Allan · 2008-11-30 23:52:24

I added this in my /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf

<config version="0.1">
    <define_admin_auth group="wheel"/>

    <match user="root">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>

    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>

    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.suspend">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>

    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.hibernate">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>

    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>

        <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.reboot">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>

    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.lcd-panel">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>
</config>

Though there is probably a better way to do this..,

TecnoVM64 · 2008-12-01 00:16:52

Same issue here, I have no idea why D:

peart · 2008-12-01 00:25:45

Hey Allan,

I figured that ConsoleKit or PolicyKit would be the culprit, but I was looking at the first, not the second. Thanks for the info. I just reverted to hal-0.5.11-4 for now because I really don't want 64 console-kit-daemon threads running

MindTooth · 2008-12-16 10:54:27

I have the same issue. Read that using the testing version of HAL would fix it. But the fact is that it was the testing version that crashed the system.

Birger

peart · 2008-12-16 16:50:48

Hey MindTooth,

I found a bug report on the new hal (and PoliciyKit/ConsoleKit), and in it it says to modify your .xinitrc (if you use it) :

exec ck-launch-session xfce4-session

When using the new hal from testing, you just have to add the ck-launch-session part after exec to get a ConsoleKit session. This has solved my logout problem without adding anything to the other config files.

HTH

Edit: do not post before having 1st coffee

Last edited by peart (2008-12-16 17:11:38)

MindTooth · 2008-12-17 09:53:46

Hmm. So I should use xfce4-session instead of startxfce4?

Birger

Allan · 2008-12-17 11:40:48

I don't. My .xinitrc has

exec ssh-agent ck-launch-session startxfce4

You can also add the pam module to (e.g.) slim but that does not work completely (suspend when I close the laptop screen being an issue).

fileunderwater · 2009-11-10 16:33:57

The xinitrc-solution is not working for me. Any other suggestions?

I'm getting the same error:

** (xfce4-session:1519): WARNING **: xfsm-shutdown-helper .c:234: Failed to contact HAL: org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown no <-- (action, result)

but right above it I'm getting (however before the message that HAL is used for shutdown):

(xfce4-settings-helper:1910): GLIB-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_param_spec_flags: assertion 'G_TYPE IS_FLAGS (flags_type)' failed

(xfce4-settings-helper:1910): GLIB-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_class_install_property: assertion 'G_IS_PARAM_SPEC (pspec)' failed

are they related?

And finally; Thank you all for a great forum and wiki. I'm pretty new to linux, but went with Arch because I wanted to build from the ground-up (both system and knowledge-wise). Installation took a while but went smoothly thanks to the great guides available. I'm running on a Dell latitude D600 and haven't had any major problems so far. Still have some tweaking and learning to do though.

Last edited by fileunderwater (2009-11-10 16:57:00)

grey · 2009-11-10 17:08:53

Have you had a look at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/All … o_shutdown ?

R00KIE · 2009-11-10 20:46:14

I don't even have any ck-launch-session, just exec startxfce4, I don't know if anything on testing will break this but since the first time that this problem showed up a few months ago that I have this working just fine, mind you that I don't have any graphical login manager.

/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- XML -*- -->

<!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd">

<!-- See the manual page PolicyKit.conf(5) for file format -->

<config version="0.1">
    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.*">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>
    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.*">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>
</config>

.bash_profile :

. $HOME/.bashrc
if [[ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]]; then
startx &> /dev/null &
logout
fi

Edit:
I stand corrected, the latest hal update required me to add ck-launch-session to my .xinitrc so I can shutdown/reboot without inputting a password.

Last edited by R00KIE (2009-11-11 13:59:00)

fileunderwater · 2009-11-10 22:53:42

grey wrote:

Have you had a look at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/All … o_shutdown ?

Yes, I've tried those xfce solutions and they dont work for me. I've also tried the PolicyKit soluton posted here recently, but that didn't work either. Still getting the "Failed to contact HAL" message. Really annoying, but not essential. I can still logout X and reboot/shutdown from the prompt using sudo.

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XFCE4 shutdown stopped working after update

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