HELP! Shutdown / restart buttons don't work in KDE

MarcusXP · Last edited by MarcusXP on Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:45 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hey there,

While logged in KDE I can't restart or shutdown the machine from the graphical interface. I press the "Shutdown" or "Restart" button but nothing happens.
I can type "reboot" or "shutdown" from the console, though. But all my settings in KDE do not get saved when I do that.. so I want to be able to shut it down nicely.
I have this problem on all 3 of my Gentoo systems. I must probably be using same/similar configuration on all of them...
Can you guys please help me fix it?

thanks a lot,

MarcusXP · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:24 am Post subject:

emerge --info

Portage 2.1.9.43 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/server, gcc-4.5.2, glibc-2.11.3-r0, 2.6.38-gentoo x86_64)
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System uname: Linux-2.6.38-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_L5520_@_2.27GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1
Timestamp of tree: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:00:01 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3
dev-lang/python: 2.6.6-r2, 3.1.3-r1
dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r9
dev-util/cmake: 2.8.4
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc: 0.7.0
sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1
sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.2
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10
sys-devel/make: 3.81-r2
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.36.1 (sys-kernel/linux-headers)
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs ccache distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS=""
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/vmware"
SYNC="rsync://10.10.10.11/gentoo-portage"
USE="X acl acpi amd64 apm bash-completion berkdb bzip2 cli consolekit cracklib crypt cxx dbus dri fortran gdbm git gpm iconv java javascript kde mmx modules mudflap multilib mysql ncurses nfs nls nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcre perl php policykit pppd python python3 qt3support qt4 readline rtc samba semantic-desktop session smp snmp sql sqlite sqlite3 sse sse2 sse3 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg symlink sysfs tcpd truetype udev unicode xml xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

MarcusXP · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:25 am Post subject:

This problem persists from quite some time, I had it with older KDE version (4.4.5) and older kernels as well.
It just didn't bother me so much.. until recently.

The Doctor · Moderator Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2678

I think you can set consolekit to allow shutdowns. I am not sure how.
If you log in from kdm, shutdown should work, unless there is something going on with kdm.

I would start by look at consolekit. I am not sure how to approch this, but I think that this is related https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-869349-highlight-.html, just in gnome.
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MarcusXP · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:05 am Post subject:

Found this topic:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-866921-highlight-kde+restart.html

I've done what it was said there about consolekit, policykit. I ran emerge DavuN world, emerge --depclean, rebooted. Still the problem persists...

MarcusXP · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:15 pm Post subject:

bump.. please help!

toralf · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:23 pm Post subject:

When I upgraded from 4.4.5 to 4.6.1 I experienced a similar issue. The problem went away after removing and adding that button to the task bar. (but probably the only - and ugly way is to remove the .kde4 HOME folder).

MarcusXP · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:47 pm Post subject:

MarcusXP · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject:

I removed all .kde* folders from /root and /home/myuser folders .. and still didn't help.
I think it has something to do with the USE flags.. but I have no idea what could be the problem.

MarcusXP · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:18 am Post subject:

Any other suggestions, please?
I have 3 systems with the same problem.. what did I do wrong? It must be some configuration issue..

Goverp · Veteran Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1993

Unlikely, but have you checked the Shutdown tab on KDE's System Settings -> Advanced -> Login Manager dialog? You need "Allow Shutdown=Everyone".
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MarcusXP · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:09 pm Post subject:

MarcusXP · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:14 pm Post subject:

Could it be related to permissions that my user "Marcus" has ?
Maybe I didn't configure it properly when I installed kde?

MarcusXP · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:48 pm Post subject:

What else I tried in the meanwhile:

- uninstalled all KDE packages
- uninstalled X11-drivers, xorg
- removed all .kde* folders from /root and /home/marcus
- reinstalled X11-drivers, xorg, KDE

KDE starts successfully, all my settings are gone, but I still can't restart / shutdown the computer using the KDE buttons. I can do it from command line only, but it doesn't stop the programs gracefully, and it doesn't remember the changes to my KDE session.
Any other ideas please? This issue becomes really annoying... I think there's a simple explanations, but I don't know what it can be.
Also, is there a way to save the KDE session manually, at least? That's the thing that is hurting me mostly.

I'd really appreciate some help with this...

MarcusXP · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:26 pm Post subject:

My /etc/make.conf file, in case I put something wrong there:

Dorsai! · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:29 pm Post subject:

I have exactly the same issue since I updated to 4.6.1 recently.

cach0rr0 · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:45 pm Post subject:

works for me on 4.6.1
assuming consolekit is running, what groups are yall in?

for me:

MarcusXP · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:14 am Post subject:

I got it figured somehow.
It was related to my USE flags... I removed a bunch of them and recompiled ran "emerge -DavuN world' which recompiled some 14 packages or so.
After I rebooted, I was able to use the 'restart' and 'shutdown' buttons in KDE.
My guess that the '-phonon' keyword was the one causing the problem, but I have yet to confirm that.
I will confirm that by tomorrow, when I will do the same thing again.. the VM was restored to a previous state due to some storage issues

Dorsai! · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:42 pm Post subject:

It is definitely no use-flag issue, as it works fine on my notebook which is a "binclient" of my main machine and has almost the same use flags and the same world file. All differences are in /etc/portage/package.xxx.d/<hostname> files that are left out when I sync my configurations. Those differences are mostly network manager related.

MarcusXP · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:05 pm Post subject:

It is definitely a USE-flags issue, at least on my machine. In make.conf, I split my USE flags based on categories and some flags from UseMultimedia are causing the problem.
After several hours of testing/recompiling/reverting snapshots, here's what I found so far:

A. remove (deleting) these USE flags from make.conf

MarcusXP · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:16 pm Post subject:

Any ideas why these packages are causing this behavior?

Also, I noticed another 'bug'... if the application komparator is started, the shutdown / restart process (launched from KDE, not from command line) gets interrupted after komparator is closed.

MarcusXP · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:08 pm Post subject:

After further investigation, I managed to find out which are the exact flags causing the problem.

paulj · Guru Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 511 Location: Wales, UK

I had this problem, and found that the configuration file /etc/config/kdm/kdmrc has the following section:

paulj · Guru Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 511 Location: Wales, UK

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