Re: Gnome does not shut down nor log out user

[N B Day <nbday charter net>]

On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 18:04 +0100, AG wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Using Gnome 2.30.2 on Debian testing:
> 
> When I try to log out of Gnome or shutdown the system using the "System" 
> menu options, nothing happens.  I have to call up a terminal window and 
> manually reboot the system.  Gnome is used in conjunction with GDM, and 
> I don't know which is causing the problem.
> 

Do you have the Open Office quickstarter running?  This causes a failure
to shutdown on Ubuntu and its family recently.   Exit quickstarter and
the system shuts down normally.


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