Can't logout of kde 4.8

[freeslkr]

Timothy Murphy <gayleard at ...> 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, ....