On 14/05/2014 17:08, Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > Running an unstable 64 bit KDE desktop. Sometimes when it comes time to > shut down, I go to the "K" thingy on the menu bar, select "Leave" -> > "Shut down" and then hit the button on the dialogue that pops up, and in > turn the machine shuts down. > > Other times, after selecting "Shut down", no dialogue comes up. Even if > I wait 30 seconds, the default shutdown wait period, the machine does > not shut down. In this case, I now have to resort to firing up a > terminal then as root running "shutdown -h now". This will in turn cause > the shutdown. > > Does anyone have any ideas as to why sometimes the dialogue, and hence > the shutdown process, does work and others it does not? Any thoughts are > greatly appreciated. > > Andrew > > >
I've seen similar oddities from time to time myself, and I worked around them: I added the Lock/Logout plasmoid to my panel. That one doesn't go away on a whim. -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
