Clicking on Shutdown Icon on Desktop start menu only logs off user

[droidus]

When I click on the Shut-down icon in the start menu, it just logs off the user.

[ddnn]

See here:

System logs out instead of shutting down/restarting

I’m using Cinnamon on EndeavourOS, everything is up to date. Since some time ago (1-3 weeks, can’t remember exactly) I cannot shut down/restart using the menu, as it logs out instead. I can shutdown using cli no problem, but I’m used to use the menu so I would like to fix it. There is definetely some good clues in the syslog, but I cannot decifer it. Tried to duck it, but couldn’t find anything that helped me fix the issue. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you …

[Pudge]

Thanks for the information. Cinnamon on EnOS ARM has the same problem and this saved me time on running this down.

Pudge

[ddnn]

You’re welcome.

[Pudge]

I got tired of waiting, so I created a couple of launchers.
Click on one of these icons and it will instantly reboot or poweroff.

Pudge

[ddnn]

You might wanna consider putting those to the right corner. Also, I think the original taskbar has a “user menu” that has this function?

Another thing you could do is set up keyboard shortcuts. I can’t check right now, but I think Cinnamon has a “reboot/shutdown without prompt” option in the shortcuts manager. Make it something you would unlikely press, like Super+Alt+Ctrl+End (shutdown) or Super+Alt+Ctrl+Home (reboot).