The process of logging out or logging off when computer access is no longer needed. Tag should only be used on questions about log out or log off problems in official Ubuntu variants.
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Ubuntu 13.04 logs off automatically when I open Ubuntu Software Center [closed]
As soon as i open Ubuntu Software Center my Ubuntu logs off immediately no matter what is opened in background.
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when i search in ubuntu software center it logs me out
I open the Ubuntu Software Center, and it loads everything like normal, but after a bit of searching, it just flashes the screen with text (probably error codes) and then I'm at my login screen. I've ...
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Ubuntu two users logged with same name
I have a server and a ssh session, but it seems like I've pressed something and it was a shortcut so currently, when I do w it shows my other session (which I don't know how I opened). I closed my ssh ...
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Change Gsetting with script on Logout
System :
Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (13.04) from fresh installation.
Purpose :
Main : Change gsetting (desktop wallpaper) with script on user logout.
What's I've Done : (carefully read)
I try to stop ...
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How would I create startup and logoff music for Ubuntu 13.04?
Hey I am trying to create startup and log-off sounds for Ubuntu 13.04. I have two mp3 files. I have sox and was wondering if I could create a .sh file (make it executable) and make it point to play a ...
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Unable to shutdown, restart or log out
I have been unable to restart, shutdown, or log out of ubuntu since the release of 12.04. I have upgrade at the time of release for 12.10 and now for 13.04 and have had no change in the situation. On ...
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ubuntu logs me out by pressin start or running programs
ubuntu logs me out when I press start executing some programs/ games/ calligra plan. this happens after configutating external dell monitor to my toshiba laptop (nvidia card)
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Remove device from ubuntu one through API
How to create API Request to remove a device from ubuntu one?I need to delete current access token from server through API.
Thanks
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Sound device becomes unavailable after logging out and logging back in [duplicate]
So, I have this weird problem, and the title pretty much says it all. If I log out, and log back in, My sound device becomes unavailable, and won't even show up on the output list. I have to reboot ...
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How do I modify the userMenu icon?
I've been looking forums and looked on askubuntu in order to hide everything but Power Off and User logout from the userMenu but i did not find anything. I could'nt find a file or something containing ...
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Xorg crashing: ubuntu automatic logout, back to login screen
Since a few days ago, my Ubuntu Xorg keeps crashing. At random times, I get automatically logged out and I go back to the login screen.
My Xorg log output is as follows:
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Ubuntu freeze, google chrome closed unexpectedly and systems logout unexpectedly?
kernel image 3.2.0-38-generic-pae
Partition Table
\boot
Extended
swap
\root
\home
I have read the solution about system freezes; but the solution doesn't answer me why this happens. And I have to wait ...
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How do i logout from yahoo chat in ubuntu?
In the top main bar next to battery, wireless, clock is an envelope icon where (I do not remember how happened) I am logged in to yahoo chat.
Say I want to login with another account or simply logout ...
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Slow reboot and logout in gnome3, normal from terminal
My Ubuntu 12.10 Computer running Gnome shell rather than unity, is now very slow to logout or reboot from desktop. It reverts to generic Ubuntu icon theme, and the screen goes dim. Programs can still ...
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Why I can't login with admin accounts but I can with guest account?
Ubuntu 12.04 is installed on my laptop. It was working fine from last 3 years suddenly from last few days, whenever I wanna login into admin account it logs and log out immediately.
I can login using ...
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What is the proper way to logout a profile when a certain program is closed?
I have a Point of Sale kiosk system that needs to logout the user profile whenever the PoS system application is closed.
At the moment I've solved this by adding
/home/user/.profile
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exec ...
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Unmount fuse mountpoints on logout?
I have a couple of folders containing compressed data.
I have one application which needs to access the uncompressed version of the same data.
A simple way to solve that for me has been to run a ...
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lost right as administator
I have 12.04 freshly installed in my laptop. Recently I lost my rights as administrator. Hereare the problems:
1. unable to do updates from Update Manager (though no problem if I do it from terminal).
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Switch User, Logout, Lock Screen--All Broken
At various times, which I can't pin down exactly, my 12.10 with Unity fails to lock the screen after timeout, fails to log me out when I click Log Out, fails to switch users when I command it, fails ...
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Apache permission issue: home directory after log out
I have used VirtualHost to set the root document of my domain into my user's home directory. If I login the user, the webpage could be displayed in the navigator. However, if the corresponding user ...
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Logout scripts: not completed on shutdown, reboot
I'm trying to do some stuff at logout, and the task can take up to 5 minutes to complete.
If the user chooses Power off or Reboot directly, the script is killed before completion. If the user just ...
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Why do I see a screen showing all text I typed during the session on logging out?
When I log off of Ubuntu 12.10, a screen appears shortly with all the text I typed during the session, including passwords and such.
Is this supposed to happen?
[update]
The screen is fullscreen ...
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Using chsh to switch to a csh shell from bash,
People keep saying you need to logout and log back in for chsh to take effect but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this. Logout doesn't work; it tells me to use exit. Exit closes the ...
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Flash - full screen video crashes X server, logs me out on Intel graphic card [closed]
I wasn't able to find a solution for this one, although I see it's not a new thing. I haven't experienced it before, it just started happening half an hohur ago. Apparently it's Intel graphic ...
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logout issue in ubuntu 12.10
I have installed ubuntu 12.10 after installation every things worked fined and for 2 weeks I've had no problem . yesterday I tried to log off and log in again but when I logged off it showed me a ...
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How to make Guest save theme changes on log-out/shut-down/restart?
Ubuntu 12.04
At the moment I'm trying to recover my password on my only account, (but it auto-logs in) so I use the Guest when the computer logs-out/sleeps on my administrator account. So I change ...
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How to log in after logout in L/UBUNTU live persistent usb?
I have created a persistent live usb of Lubuntu 12.10 on a 16 GB flash pendrive with a 4GB space for persistency.
It basically works like an installation, as new programs can be installed and new ...
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Automatic logout when typing password
I think it may be due the graphic card driver I installed. Is there anyway I can get in through a back door to the admin so I can uninstall the driver?
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Can somebody help fix ubuntu 12.04 being stuck at black screen on regular boot [closed]
I will give a run down of the events that led up to the issue first:
I performed a clean install of ubuntu 12.04
I upgraded to the 3.7.1 kernel using the instructions provided by the second post in ...
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Extend log out time in terminal and gui
Ubuntu 12.10 logs me off every 20 minutes or so, and I have to log back in. How do you extend that time via Terminal, as well as via the GUI?
Thank you
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XFCE: I get logged out when I close the notebook lid
As the title says.
I'm using the laptop connected to a power outlet, no battery inserted. I checked the configuration and everything is correct. I don't remember this happening with Unity, but the ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 automatic logout
I just had a new desktop constructed and installed ubuntu 12.10 which was successful for the most part but every time I open up some applications like thunderbird I get automatically logged out and ...
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Mumble logging me out
Today I tried to open mumble to talk with some friends. But I ran into a problem.
Whenever I try to open mumble, it just logs me out. This applies both on unity and gnome. It also applies no matter ...
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Browse Network to pc on the same network and want to logout!(to prompt me user name and password next time)
I'm a starter with ubuntu, I try to browse to my laptop which is on the same network but even when after restart I can still browse my laptop files and folders without having to type my username and ...
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Freezing on Logout / Disconnected SSH Connection [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
I have been having my Ubuntu desktop freeze occasionally when logging out of a graphical session (using computer locally), or when ...
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How to test other DE in Ubuntu 12.10 live (alpha) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
There’s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?
caution: 12.10 is not yet released but I was told it will say as is also when release happens ...
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How to add Shutdown button to LXPanel and make it work?
I cannot seem to be able to add a shutdown button to my LXPanel. In /usr/share/applications there is a Shutdown (lubuntu-logout.desktop) containing the line Exec=lubuntu-logout but it would not run.
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Working with logout dialog box - text error
I am having a problem with the shutdown dialog box for Ubuntu 12.04. If I am logged in as any user and press shutdown, I see the box with the question 'Are you sure..." and its usual options. ...
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How can I install and use OBLogout?
OBLogout is a expandable, configurable, and theme-able logout script designed to be used in a Openbox desktop environment.
This was taken from their Launchpad page, it was created to be used in ...
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Logout bug 12.04 [closed]
I don't know if it's a known or unknown bug but whenever I logout the startscreen is moved like 60px to the right. This goes away if I logout and in again. Very annoying. My activity bar is 48px and ...
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How do I remove or inactivate certain options from the Lubuntu logout screen?
The logout screen in Lubuntu 12.04 has several options. I'd like to remove or inactivate the "suspend" and "hibernate" options. Is that possible?
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how can I shutdown from the command line using lightdm? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I restart /shutdown from a terminal?
In gdm I could use
os.system("gdm-control --reboot && openbox --exit")
In a Python script.
What would the ...
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How to logout from ssh session under pcmanfm
I am very happy to find that PCManFM does support ssh, and that it is possible to create a shortcut to a ssh connection, but I did not find out how to close such a connection : if I close the window ...
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How can I logout from the GUI using CLI?
I chose an Openbox DE at the time of login and the system took ages to load the DE. So I switched to CLI (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and rebooted my system (but I wanted to logout from the GUI and not restart the ...
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Shut down/log out takes multiple attempts to work
The title says it all really. I'll select "shut down" from the system menu and nothing will happen. The desktop stays up and operating. I'll wait a few minutes and then select "shut down" again. I do ...
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Cursor gets stuck on logging out!
Whenever I log out my cursor is getting stuck for some time and then moves and again gets stuck!
What should I do?
I use Ubuntu 12.04
Desktop environment: Unity
It does not happen any other time!
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Why does Ubuntu keep logging me out?
I'm not sure what's going on, but Ubuntu keeps logging me out, each time I play long videos.
Not just when i play them, but specifically, when I jump around the video 2-4 times, or when i move the ...
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How to set Kubuntu to log off before suspend?
I have Kubuntu 12.04 and I have a graphic bug after waking my computer from suspend.
A simple way to repair it is to reboot or log off and log in again. Is it possible to log off before suspend?
I ...
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12.04 auto logout usually after wake; Xorg?
Every few times I wake the machine, after a few mins I get auto logged out and the crash report generates this
http://imgur.com/Mvvwk,0271R,vkD8t#0
I've seen solutions with an Xorg.conf but I don't ...
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Ubuntu Freezes, malfuncion, logs off suddenly [closed]
I've been using Linux since Slackware 3.6 came out and as my main (and only) OS since 2004.
I was using Debian for a long time, but some friends told me that Ubuntu was really matured and convinced me ...
