Ubuntu – I cant shutdown or restart ubuntu with cinnamon

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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.

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Best Answer

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

Here is how I solved it:

  1. Install dconf-tools. Run in a terminal window:

    sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

  2. Open dconf-editor:

    dconf-editor
  3. Go to org > cinnamon > desktop > session
  4. Change session-manager-uses-logind to TRUE (checked)
  5. Logout and login
  6. Now you'll have different options

dconf-editor GUI

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