Karmic RC: No way to log out, shut down or switch user

Thanks for your feedback. Was there something specific in the user session you migrated from? In particular, were you using "stock" UNR in Jaunty? or had you customized the mienu a bit? like adding some application launchers or additional applets? Cna you also indicate if you had used desktop-switcher recently, or as part of this migration to Karmic?

Last, if you can reproduce the bug, and provide a testcase for that, that would be very helpful.

I just had a regular Jaunty UNR install and upgraded to Karmic.

In Jaunty I think I might have used desktop-switcher once just to check it out, but then switched right back. I certainly didn't do any customization in classic mode. I didn't do any customization in netbook mode, since I don't think there's any that can be done?

I image the repro steps are as simple as: Install Jaunty UNR, upgrade to Karmic.

i has a some problem but also it says, that a "some problem while loading applet (fast_Switch_user etc) delete applet from current config y\n" ,(i have a russian language) i pressing a no and its shows unr-launcher, but without a top-menu button and logout button. installed und from flash to formated ssd. sorry my english )

but after logoff log on all work fine

I also observed this issue the first time I tried to shutdown / reboot after my upgrade from Jaunty UNR to Karmic UNR.

The new user interface has a single column of page selectors on the left. The old interface also had a column on the right which included file system access (now moved to the "Files & Folders" page) and the shutdown, reboot, suspend, hibernate options. These options have disappeared (or been moved to somewhere I can not find them).

So the question remains, how do we shutdown, reboot, suspend and hibernate using the new interface?

I had this problem with Gnome on Karmic Koala.

It was caused by using KDM as the display manager instead of GDM.

To switch to GDM:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

I am running GDM with the problem so that is not the cause.

Do you still have this issue on karmic? Lucid is using another way to display panel and so, it should be fixed now.

I push it as incomplete for our bug tracking system. Do not hesitate to put it again as confirmed if the issue is still valid for you on Karmic.

Well, if nothing has been done to address this, then the bug is obviously still present.

I personally worked around it somehow. I don't recall how. Perhaps deleting my home directory, or perhaps manually adding the missing applet back or similar.

Same for me - fixed manually.
I hope it will not raise again after the lucid upgrade.

Should not. I'll test upgrade as soon as possible (post alpha3)