Re: Problem with rebooting or shutting down the system
Hooman <a_linux_newbie@yahoo.ca> writes:
> I have recently made my Debian linux working. Now,
> when I boot the system, I see a login screen in which
> I can login as a regular user with Gnome or KDE. The
> problem occurs when I want to logout and reboot or
> shutdown the system. As I click on logout on both
> Gnome and KDE, I only get "logout" option. That option
> returns me back to the login screen and there, I don't
> know how to get out. Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work.
> Any idea or solution???
You may need to change your display manager configuration to give a
"shutdown" option. You don't say which one you're using; in the
particular case of gdm, you need to set SystemMenu=true in
/etc/gdm/gdm.conf. Alternatively, you can get a text console by
pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, and from there return to X with Ctrl+Alt+F7.
>From the text console, Ctrl+Alt+Del should cleanly restart the
system (see /etc/inittab for details).
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