KDE cannot logout using Logout menu item
I'm running KDE 3.3.2, Debian Testing, PowerPC (PowerBook G3 Series
"Wallstreet" / "PDQ" 266 Mhz.)
For the last several weeks when I choose "Logout" from the KDE menu,
NOTHING happens. To log out of KDE I either have to control-alt-delete
(which is a complicated four-button stretch on this PowerBook
keyboard), or I have discovered I can choose the "Run Command" menu
option and type "logout" which also works. In either case I get the
expected "end session" dialog. I tried switching to kdm so I see the
kde logout dragon, but the behavior is the same when I'm running gdm.
This must have started after an updated package in Debian testing in
late December or early January, but I didn't notice right away (I
usually stay logged in for many days) so I don't know which package
update may have affected it. I'm pretty sure this problem preceded the
upgrade to 3.3 (in other words, I think I was having the problem with
KDE 3.2, but the upgrade did not fix it). I have not found any other
reports of this by Googling, but of course my wording may be
different.
I've looked several places (various logs including ~/.xsession-errors)
and as far as I can tell NOTHING gets logged when I choose the menu
item, so there's no error to guide me. I cannot even find a place
where that menu item can be configured.
[Please forgive this posting a "user" question on a "developer" list,
but I was hoping for some guidance on where to look for the cause of
this issue.]
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