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Juan Simón
Asked: 2012-03-04 04:58:11 +0800 CST

Close gnome session from console

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I use Ubuntu 11.10 64 bits with Gnome Shell.
I have opened a bug because sometimes "Close session" and "Shutdown" buttons doesn't work. gnome-session-quit only works sometimes: bug

How can I close the session cleanly from console without gnome-session-quit?

gnome 11.10 gnome-session

2 Answers

  1. The following command is an alternative for the gnome-session-quit (logout) which should close the session cleanly (not killing the gdm):

    dbus-send --session --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.gnome.SessionManager /org/gnome/SessionManager org.gnome.SessionManager.Logout uint32:1.

    (it's one line)

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  2. That should do it for your 'username' session

    # pkill -KILL -u username

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