Timothy Murphy <gayleard@...> writes:
freeslkr wrote:
>>> I can't logout/restart/shut down from a KDE session.
>>
>> As a matter of interest, does "shutdown -r now" as root work?
>
> Yes, it does.
I actually had a mild version of the symptom you describe
under KDE-4.7 , though it only occurred occasionally,
and seemed to have disappeared completely.
It hasn't occurred with KDE-4.8, which I am running at present
(from Rex Dieter's kde48 repo).
I don't mind saying "shutdown -r now" occasionally ...
I can also poweroff and reboot from an xterm as a regular user.
I usually ctrl-alt-bkspace to kill X and bring me back to the display
manager. I wouldn't mind either, but I end up losing some settings,
like recent apps, background choices, Notes on the desktop, ....