Bug#749279: gnome-shell: shutdown not working without systemd as init

[Laurent Bigonville]

Le Sun, 25 May 2014 23:00:42 +0200,
Tuxicoman <debian at jesuislibre.net> a écrit :

> Dear Maintainer,

Hi,

> The shutdown function in Gnome shell (click on the menu on the top
> right corner of the screen then choose the shutdown option) is not
> working anymore.
> 
> I switched to systemd by installing systemd-sysv package and this
> solved the current issue.
> 
> I think it's a important bug for an everyday use of Debian.
> 
> Another workaround for now, if you don't want to change the default
> init, may be to give sudo access to the shutdown command, but that
> sounds weird no?

I've been able to reproduce this with gdm3 3.8.4-8.1 installed in a VM.
I see no logind session registered at all.

After upgrading to 3.8.4-9 I can shutdown properly. I think this bug
has the same root cause as #747210.

Could you please try to reproduce this bug? Otherwise I'll merge it
with #747210.

Cheers,

Laurent Bigonville