XFCE fails to shutdown/restart if there is a tty login

[Denis Rut'kov]

To reproduce, follow these steps:

1. After startup switch to tty (alt+F1..F4)
2. Login in tty.
3. Switch back to graphics.
4. Try to reboot/shutdown from XFCE menu. It will fail with a following message:
"org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.reboot-multiple-sessions auth_admin <-- (action, result)"

[Paolo (paolo-gabrielli)]

I've had the same problem with last edge Mythbuntu while keeping it updated.
(seems to be) Resolved doing from the console
sudo polkit-auth --user paolo --grant org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.reboot-multiple-sessions

"paolo" is the user I use.
Change it accordingly.

Thanks,
P.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thanks for reporting this issue. There are a number of steps needed to shutdown from the GUI if I am also logged in to a TTY console.

1. Select "Quit" button
2. Select "Shutdown"
1. On the error message is a "Quit" button, that I must hit.
2. The gdm login screen comes up, so I am now logged out of the desktop.
3. Hit "Shutdown" on the GDM screen
4. Verify that I do want to shutdown.

I am confirming this bug. There should be enough information for the developers to begin work to resolve it.

Thanks again for helping improve Xubuntu.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 251337, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.