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thonixx
Asked: 2012-01-16 12:46:07 +0800 CST

No action when shutdown pressed

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My system: Ubuntu 11.10 latest updates with custom gtk3 theme

This is the output of .xsession-errors:

WARN 2012-01-15 21:44:04 glib.glib-gobject :0 invalid uninstantiatable type (null)' in cast toBamfView'

WARN 2012-01-15 21:44:05 glib :0 Unable to fetch children: Method "Children" with signature "" on interface "org.ayatana.bamf.view" doesn't exist

What can I do now to enable shutdown button? If I press shutdown nothing happens.

shutdown

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Ok - I don't know if You like it, but it is a somewhat solution:

    create a text file PowerOff.sh (with gedit for example) and write there (if Your default shell is bash - if other You'll probably know what to do):

    #!/bin/bash 
sudo shutdown -h now

    Click it with Your right mouse button and in proerties: allow to execute as program.

    It would be comfy to copy this file in some hidden location (i mean not to leave it on desktop).

    After that You need to modify a file /etc/sudoers:

    sudo gedit /etc/sudoers

    at the end of this file add:

    user ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown

    where user is Your user name f.ex. thonixx if that is how you log in Ubuntu

    OK, now create an activator on Your panel, click it with right mouse button, and choose:add to panel -> add activator -> your own activator -> type: program in terminal and choose Your created file PowerOff.sh

    Now it should be possible to shutdown Your PC by clicking the activator on Your panel. if You wish You could even give it an icon of Your choice

    In that manner You could possibly make other commands. Or even write a simple python wrapper to show a form letting You to choose if You want to reboot, shutdown, logout etc. I gave You the solution without poping out the shutdown dialog, because You didn't really mention which shutdown button makes this errors. You could make identical solution using the command:

    gnome-session-save --shutdown-dialog

    in bash file instead shutdown. In such case You would probably not need to edit /etc/sudoers

    Regards

    PS: for now it looks like a bug in Unity. try to google: org.ayatana.bamf.view

    a few links:

    using logout dialog from terminal or bash script

    how to logout

    how to edit permissions

    how to write scripts in python

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