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Re: Shutdown



On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 04:12, Patrick Lane wrote:
> I am probably coming in the middle of this thread and don't know exactly
> what's going on (just re-subscribed to the list). But are you trying to
> get a "shutdown" button in gnome without having to log out and do it via
> gdm?
> 
> Simply make a new launcher that runs 'gksu poweroff'. When you press it,
> you'll get a dialog box asking for password, then it shutsdown for you.

How does this solution interact with Gnome session management?

Is it like hitting CTRL-ALT-Backspace, and are there any gotcha
side effects we might want to know about?

tia
zem



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