On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:35:51 +0100 Bob Alexander <bob@xxxxxx> wrote: > <snip> > I have installed Gnome 2.8 on my Debian unstable laptop. > > Until this morning all ws quite allright. > > Now suddendly when I click on the Logout button, it immediately logs out > without asking if I wanted to logout, shutdown or reboot. > > Doing this as the normal "bob" user. > > Tried removing, recreating the button but unsurprisingly nothing improved. > > <snip> I'm not sure if this will help, but mine would only let me log out from the Actions menu, and not shut down or reboot. So try this, as root: chmod +s /sbin/halt cd /var/run mkdir console cd console touch bob Where `bob' is your username, of course. Tell me if it works for you like it did for me! But remember, the GNOME desktop doesn't do this by default for security reasons. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
