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. -- N. B. Day 39° 28.3964' North, 119° 48.6346' West, 1403m up Epicurus up 5:19, 2 users, load average: 1.50, 1.44, 1.21 Linux 2.6.32-21-generic "Linux Mint 9 Isadora" Gnome 2.30.2 _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list