On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 21:14 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > Nathan A. Stine wrote: > > Package: policykit-1-gnome > > Version: 0.95-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > When I attempt to restart the system via gdm (System->Shut Down from the > > GNOME main menu), policykit tells me that other users are logged in and I > > must use the root password to be able to restart. In my case, I usually > > have a root terminal open on tty1, which is the other "user" > > > > However, I can hit cancel and bypass this and the system still restarts. I > > am not sure where the problem lies, but I would think that policykit should > > interrupt the restart request if the root password is not entered. > > > > Do you get a message on the console, that the reboot/shutdown was triggered > by gdm? > > Michael >
Michael, The message disappears before I can see if it says it was triggered by gdm. Which log file should I look at for this info? All I see in /var/log/messages is: Dec 16 19:23:18 stine-1 shutdown[2360]: shutting down for system halt Dec 16 19:23:25 stine-1 kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped Thanks, Nathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
