Todd Myhre wrote:
I've set up gdm on a new laptop but the System menu does not
seem to work correctly. When I try to halt the system, it
simply reloads gdm and the following error messages appear
in my syslog:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0
gdm_child_action: Reboot or Halt request when there is no
system menu from display :0
Which gdm version are you using?It happened to me once, when I upgraded gdm; I don't remember correctly, whether it was potato -> potato/woody or woody -> woody/sid. I found out that the newer gdm set the "gdm" username to not having the privilege to shutdown the system. So, I ended up utilizing sudo so that gdm can do the shutdown. In /etc/gdm/gdm.conf:
RebootCommand=/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/reboot HaltCommand=/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/poweroffAnd, of course, you have to add the gdm username to the sudo entries file using visudo.
Oki