I cant shutdown or restart ubuntu with cinnamon

Question

I recently installed Cinnamon on Ubuntu 14.04, now I can't shutdown or restart the system using the GUI, I must logout to do it.

I tried to shutdown and restart from the applet but nothing happens, I tried also to reinstall Cinnamon but the problem persists.

Do you get the correct dialog when executing gnome-session-quit --power-off? — s3lph, Jan 6, 2016 at 22:40
What's the output of gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-log-out? — s3lph, Jan 6, 2016 at 23:19

kos · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-26 18:51:21Z

5

I had the same issue, my setup is Ubuntu 14.04 and Cinnamon 2.8.6

Here is how I solved it:

Install dconf-tools. Run in a terminal window:
```
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
```
Open dconf-editor:
```
dconf-editor
```
Go to org > cinnamon > desktop > session
Change session-manager-uses-logind to TRUE (checked)
Logout and login
Now you'll have different options

kos

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answered Jan 26, 2016 at 16:51

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