[solved] how to shutdown in openbox?

Dogs1985 · 2009-08-04 16:35:29

i'm install fbsplash, slim, openbox. in openbox, how to set in menu let system shutdown or restart?

Last edited by Dogs1985 (2009-08-05 14:44:51)

pizmooz · 2009-08-04 17:05:41

have a look at ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml

you'll need to insert something like:

<item label="shutdown">
  <action name="Execute">
    <command>shutdown -h now</command>
  </action>
</item>

similarly for reboot

sHyLoCk · 2009-08-04 17:19:07

shutdown requires root privilege so unless you're logged in a root, I don't think the above method will work. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Acecero · 2009-08-04 17:29:46

You don't need to be logged in as root. You can always setuid or sudo it to make it work for the user.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/All … o_shutdown

Army · 2009-08-04 18:51:59

You could also use staybox, a really small session manager for openbox. Can be found in the AUR.
Alternatively, please prefer the following commands over the above mentioned

dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Reboot

for reboot and

dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Shutdown

They work as user by default

Last edited by Army (2009-08-04 18:59:10)

Acecero · 2009-08-04 20:35:08

Thank you Army, those commands work, but they also require this in the .xinitrc file for them to work as user.

exec ck-launch-session openbox-session

Army · 2009-08-04 22:53:16

Yes that's right, but don't you have that in there anyway? ;-)

xd-0 · 2009-08-05 05:05:51

You should use these commands, the first for shurdown the second for reboot:

sudo shutdown -h now
sudo shutdown -r now

You must also edit /etc/sudoers so that your user or a group can run those commands without being prompted for password. Open /etc/issue and add this line (replace NAME with your username)

NAME ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown

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