Lost The ´log Off´ Dialog Box

[Chaser]

EDIT: SOLVED.

Simply delete XFCE-4 folder from home>username>applications>settings>xfce-4 and reboot. Everything custom will need re-doing.

When I did some deliberate low power battery shutdown tests, to re-create the screen brightness bug (I couldn´t), she threw a curveball instead and I lost the ability to get a ´log off´ dialog box via either the menu shutdown, or an ´action button´ placed on the panel.

Now I can only ´log off´, I must soft reset ´pandora button + pwr switch´ to restart and can only shut her down by removing her battery and leaving it out. She´s rarely off though

 

[sebt3]

When I did some deliberate low power battery shutdown tests, to re-create the screen brightness bug (I couldn´t), she threw a curveball instead and I lost the ability to get a ´log off´ dialog box via either the menu shutdown, or an ´action button´ placed on the panel.

Now I can only ´log off´, I must soft reset ´pandora button + pwr switch´ to restart and can only shut her down by removing her battery and leaving it out. She´s rarely off though

In a terminal :

sudo reboot

or :

sudo shutdown -h now

at least you wont resort to hackish way

 

[Chaser]

Thats awesome for now man thanks

You've lost me on the hackish way, unless you meant ripping out her innards, as I was feeling like a repo man with such a violation She can finally get some sleep. Me perhaps too! Nah back to work young lady theres games to test for the lists.

 

[sebt3]

You've lost me on the hackish way,

I tend to think that removing the P's battery to shutdown it is a bit hackish

For the rest, I'm no xfce expert (at all), but it's configuration is stored in $HOME/Applications/Settings/xfce4 ($HOME stand for /home/<your username>)

You might want to look there or even delete that directory to restaur standard behaviour (hopping for the best)

 

[Chaser]

Cheers man I'll look into that with newbish interest. Otherwise she's been a darling thus far, bar the 'to be expected' LCD cable issue, as I got #45, so its before they knew that might happen. Everything else has been fine and I haven't needed to re-flash or anything. I'm gonna hold off on the RMA until they have more time on their hands.

 

[chaosmage]

In a terminal :

sudo reboot

or :

sudo shutdown -h now

at least you wont resort to hackish way

Excellent. I've been maxxing out my battery usage every day because I couldn't properly shut down. For some reason my session manager would hang as I shut down. I just turned 'sudo shutdown -h now' into a script. That'll help immensely.

Thanks!