Comment 15 for bug 315865

(In reply to comment #5)
> Confirmed in Ubuntu Jaunty, KDE 4.3.0.
>
> I completely agree with the suggestions thus far. However, I think it would
> also help to put a timeout on the dialog. So if the user doesn't press any
> buttons in, say 30 seconds or 1 minute, the system should assume that he went
> to work/bed, and just continue with shutdown.

I disagree.... Assuming the individual is tired or pressured to get to work, that individual would be prone to forget that he has something important running in a console and if not shutdown properly could screw things up.

If a person does not specifically say go ahead and shutdown the console or click on a check box that says always shutdown / restart, the default behaviour should be to ask and stay on that dialogue box until answered.