A problem in GNOME

**DiscipleDOC** · 08-18-10, 11:00 AM

Ok...I am giving GNOME another shot.

I have GNOME 2.30 installed, but for some reason, I can do a shutdown in GNOME. When I choose to shutdown or restart, my laptop will just go back to the login screen. Any ideas on how to resolve this?

Thanks.

08-18-10, 11:32 AM

Are you using LTSP (Linux terminal server) client? This is on OpenSUSE?

I think the shutdown option is suppressed when LTSP is set, I only know this after seeing some posts about it, so I can't offer any real insight...

**bacon12** · 08-18-10, 11:34 AM

Yea use KDE. :P

**DiscipleDOC** · 08-18-10, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grey_1

Are you using LTSP (Linux terminal server) client? This is on OpenSUSE?

I think the shutdown option is suppressed when LTSP is set, I only know this after seeing some posts about it, so I can't offer any real insight...

Hmmm...I don't know. When I log in, I log directly into the GNOME desktop environment...

Quote:

Originally Posted by bacon12

Yea use KDE. :P

Sean_W · 08-18-10, 12:23 PM

Try switching the login manager to GDM in YaST(install it first if it's not).

Old but should work the same http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15333.html

**DiscipleDOC** · 08-18-10, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean_W

Try switching the login manager to GDM in YaST(install it first if it's not).

Old but should work the same http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15333.html

Yep...I tried that, and it didn't work. When I choose the shutdown command from an applet/menu, it logs me out as if I chose the log out command. I can still shutdown by doing it from the console, but that's not how it should be.

KDE still works fine.

Thanks for your help guys.

Sean_W · 08-18-10, 01:10 PM

Sounds like a permissions issue. Try and add yourself to the 'power' group in the user and group option in YaST.

08-19-10, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by bacon12

Yea use KDE. :P

Never again

Installed it and spent the next hour and a half learning to rescue my install. Lost X completely, couldn't even boot to a log in screen. killed my fglrx too..

Heh, never again.

Sorry for the hijack Doc, needed to vent and didn't want to make another thread!

Back on topic

**DiscipleDOC** · 08-19-10, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by grey_1

Never again

Installed it and spent the next hour and a half learning to rescue my install. Lost X completely, couldn't even boot to a log in screen. killed my fglrx too..

Heh, never again.

Sorry for the hijack Doc, needed to vent and didn't want to make another thread!

Back on topic

No probs....because I feel the same about GNOME. I've never had so many problems as I do with GNOME. Maybe if I did a clean install and started with GNOME, it would probably go better, but I'm not going to use it.

08-19-10, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by DiscipleDOC

No probs....because I feel the same about GNOME. I've never had so many problems as I do with GNOME. Maybe if I did a clean install and started with GNOME, it would probably go better, but I'm not going to use it.

I hear you DD. I too think a clean install with one or the other may be the way to go, but I will say it was a good learning experience.

**DiscipleDOC** · 08-19-10, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grey_1

I hear you DD. I too think a clean install with one or the other may be the way to go, but I will say it was a good learning experience.

Yup...it taught me to steer clear of GNOME!

08-19-10, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DiscipleDOC

Yup...it taught me to steer clear of GNOME!

hater

08-18-10, 11:00 AM	#1
DiscipleDOC Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Alabama, Planet Earth Posts: 5,945	A problem in GNOME Ok...I am giving GNOME another shot. I have GNOME 2.30 installed, but for some reason, I can do a shutdown in GNOME. When I choose to shutdown or restart, my laptop will just go back to the login screen. Any ideas on how to resolve this? Thanks.

08-18-10, 11:32 AM	#2
grey_1 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: A problem in GNOME Are you using LTSP (Linux terminal server) client? This is on OpenSUSE? I think the shutdown option is suppressed when LTSP is set, I only know this after seeing some posts about it, so I can't offer any real insight...

08-18-10, 11:34 AM	#3
bacon12 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,538	Re: A problem in GNOME Yea use KDE. :P

08-18-10, 12:23 PM	#5
Sean_W Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,438	Re: A problem in GNOME Try switching the login manager to GDM in YaST(install it first if it's not). Old but should work the same http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15333.html

08-18-10, 01:10 PM	#7
Sean_W Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,438	Re: A problem in GNOME Sounds like a permissions issue. Try and add yourself to the 'power' group in the user and group option in YaST.