RE: Gnome log out problems: is there an alternate method?

["Richard Hult" <rhult hem2 passagen se>]

> I cannot log out of Gnome from the menu or from my log out panel button.
> When I click them, it seems like nothing happens. Is there a
> logout command
> that I can type in a terminal? If this doesn't work, is there another safe
> way to log out? And if any of the log out options don't work, what is the
> best way to get out of Gnome? Thanks.

How do you start Gnome? It sounds like you start your windowmanager after
gnome, in which case you would have to exit your windowmanager to logout.
The last line of your .Xclients or .xinitrc should look like this:

exec gnome-session

Richard