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Shutdown and restart missing

Asked by Hussam

At a certain point in time the power off and restart buttons disappeared form the shutdown menu. Don't know when or how. Only buttons left are log off, switch user, lock screen and hibernate. How do I get those back? Pressing the power off button does'n do the job. It will be very nice to have them back.

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Mariano Mara (marplatense) said : 		#1

Hi there.
Please verify this:
go to Menu: System -> Administration -> Login Window

In the first tab "Local" of "Login Window Preferences", check if "Menu Bar: Show Actions menu" is selected.
If no, check it and close the form. If that was the problem it should appear again.

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Hussam (hussam-gmail) said : 		#2

Thank u

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Your question #4357 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ticket/4357

    Status: Open => Answered

Mariano Mara proposed the following answer:
Hi there.
Please verify this:
go to Menu: System -> Administration -> Login Window

In the first tab "Local" of "Login Window Preferences", check if "Menu Bar:
Show Actions menu" is selected.
If no, check it and close the form. If that was the problem it should appear
again.

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Jen Ockwell (rj-ockwell) said : 		#3

Did this solve you problem?

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senthil (senthil-raja) said : 		#4

hi
Actullly my login window also missing with shut down and restart....
Any suggestions

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Best Hussam (hussam-gmail) said : 		#5

Please verify this:
go to Menu: System -> Administration -> Login Window

In the first tab "Local" of "Login Window Preferences", check if "Menu Bar:
Show Actions menu" is selected.
If no, check it and close the form. If that was the problem it should appear
again.

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senthil (senthil-raja) said : 		#6

hi hussam
In my System -> Administration, i dont have Login window option
and whenever i boot it going to text mode not to gui
and also shutdown and restart is missing.
Actually it was there i have changed my login theme, then these things are missing,
how to get it back?

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kutta (fordownloads1) said : 		#7

I am using ubuntu 7.04 fiesty.my problem is similar to the senthil's problem.Login window also missing in admin options.no gui option during login also.I had to type startx to enter into gui.any help??I googled it for hours without much help.Any permanent solution from ubuntu team???for the moment i am using ctrl+alt+backspace to shutdown my computer.

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Luar Roji (cyberplant) said : 		#8

Other cause of this can be the use of beryl+XGL (as happened to myself).

Here is the solution (you've to add some lines to the startxgl script):
http://www.ubuntux.org/lost-shutdown-option-in-exit-menu

kutta: Maybe you're missing a Display Manager, try installing "gdm" (sudo apt-get install gdm). That's for the "no gui option during login".

For the other problem, check with Mariano Mara's solution or mine.

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greekpackrat (greekpackrat) said : 		#9

Thanks Mariano Mara I was getting a little freaked out and this totally nailed it for me!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of
Mariano Mara
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 3:21 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #4357]: Shutdown and restart missing

Your question #4357 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ticket/4357

    Status: Open => Answered

Mariano Mara proposed the following answer:
Hi there.
Please verify this:
go to Menu: System -> Administration -> Login Window

In the first tab "Local" of "Login Window Preferences", check if "Menu Bar:
Show Actions menu" is selected.
If no, check it and close the form. If that was the problem it should appear
again.

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Nathan Flowers (nathan-flowers) said : 		#10

Hello, I'm using KDE... and I have the same problem, however the sugestions you have pervided don't work for me... all I have in the shut down options is log out. any help.. please... I think having compiz installed caused this, however after i uninstalled it (compiz) i still had the problem.

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Nathan Flowers (nathan-flowers) said : 		#11

Hey I figured out if you remove xserver-xgl if will put your buttons back.

apt-get remove xserver-xgl

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Justine (justine777w) said : 		#12

how do you remove that cause i have the same problem

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gunnar-eee (gunnar2) said : 		#13

Thanks to Hussam who wrote:
"Please verify this:
go to Menu: System -> Administration -> Login Window

In the first tab "Local" of "Login Window Preferences", check if "Menu Bar:
Show Actions menu" is selected.
If no, check it and close the form. If that was the problem it should appear
again."

This solved my problem wich missing Shutdown/Restart buttons in the interactive menu.

Thanks !

/gunnar eeePC 900 with UbuntuEEE 8.04 + XP Home SP3 :)

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v (vpatil-vasu) said : 		#14

@Mariano Mara : 1st post: Thanks a lot..worked fine...