[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#572782: Bug#572782: xfce4-session-logout --halt does not halt the machine

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On sam., 2010-03-06 at 16:50 +0000, Michaël Ball wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 17:14 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > On sam., 2010-03-06 at 15:58 +0000, Michaël Ball wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 16:40 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > > > On sam., 2010-03-06 at 15:13 +0000, Michael Ball wrote:
> > > > > Package: xfce4-session
> > > > > Version: 4.6.1-1
> > > > > Severity: normal
> > > > > 
> > > > > Issuing xfce4-session-logout --halt from a console does not halt the machine. Instead it just causes a log out.
> > > > 
> > > > Does it work when you ask for halt from the interface?
> > > 
> > > Yes, it halts correctly if you select Shut Down from the interface.
> > 
> > And has the terminal from where you run it all the capabilities do
> > shutdown? (can talk to dbus, has policykit permissions etc.?)
> 
> I've set up the policykit permissions so that my username can issue a
> shutdown/reboot. Am I correct in thinking that this is all that is
> necessary to make sure a command issued by me from the console will have
> the correct permission to shutdown?
> 

I've just tested on a squeeze box, and it /does/ work fine here, so my
guess is a permissions problem.

Cheers,
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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