[wishlist] Ubuntu reboot into other OS

[Rafael Belmonte]

Ubuntu (with Gnome) should be able to reboot directly into other Operating System listed in grub, like Kubuntu with KDE can do.
See the screenshot to know what i am talking about.

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SessionHandling#Restart>: "A 'Restart Into Windows' or 'Restart Into OS X' button should be present only if the relevant system is installed and can be restarted into."

[Nanley Chery (nanoman)]

I like this idea.Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in gnome-session.

[Rafael Belmonte (eaglescreen)]

I don't really know how to determine the exact package, i think the improvement must be done in the logout screen.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

That's a known request and listed on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/ExitStrategy

[Endolith (endolith)]

This would be very convenient for dual-booters. It could be fixed by bootnext script (Bug 304215), but I don't know how to make that script integrate well with Ubuntu, and it would really be best if the feature were built right into Gnome.

[Andrew (and471)]

The best way to do this is to have PolicyKit hadle the permissions issue (grub-reboot can only be run as root).

I filed a bug with grub to ship a PolicyKit action file to describe the action.
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?34326

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

I'll do a design for this, but don't let that stop anyone from contributing the basic code in the meantime. It should cater both for dual-booting installations (changing the Grub config temporarily) and Wubi installations (changing the NT bootloader config temporarily).

Ubuntu Light had a "Restart Into Windows" button. Unfortunately I don't know where that code is.