[SOLVED] New slim, can't shutdown|reboot|suspend anymore

Question

Hi!
I just upgraded slim, and i notice that i cannot suspend, shutdown and reboot anymore.
And to mount usb drive, i am asked for my password.
After the upgrade i changed /etc/slim.conf,pacnew to suit my needs and then sudo mv /etc/slim.conf.pacnew /etc/slim.conf .
My .xinitrc is the same, so, where is the problem?
here there are my slim.conf:
# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
default_xserver /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments -nolisten tcp vt07
# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd /usr/sbin/suspend
# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path /usr/bin/xauth
# Xauth file for server
authfile /var/run/slim.auth
# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
# numlock on
# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
# hidecursor false
# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
# sessionstart_cmd some command
# sessionstop_cmd some command
# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
# options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
# daemon yes
# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions xfce4,icewm-session,wmaker,blackbox
# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd import -window root /slim.png
# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg Welcome to %host
# Session message. Prepended to the session name when pressing F1
# session_msg Session:
# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg The system is halting...
reboot_msg The system is rebooting...
# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
default_user federico
# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#focus_password no
# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to "yes" to enable this feature
auto_login yes
# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to
# randomly choose from
current_theme default
# Lock file
lockfile /var/lock/slim.lock
# Log file
logfile /var/log/slim.log
and my .xinitrc:
#!/bin/bash
export BROWSER=chromium
export DE=xfce
exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch startxfce4
Thanks!
Last edited by nierro (2012-05-08 18:42:44)

Answer 1

From later in this thread:
Solution
Ok, do:
ck-list-sessions
There were two sessions for myself.  So, the new slim is starting your exec line already with a console kit session.  This is new behavior.  It didn't before.
So, I modified my exec line to remove "ck-launch-session" in .xinitrc to:
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4
Reverted the changes I made to the shutdown/restart policy and rebooted.  Shutdown, restart, mounting USB drive: they all work again now.
Edit: from even later on in this thread, just:
exec startxfce4
As your .xinitrc exec line should be sufficient for practically anyone.  "startxfce4" does the dbus-launch itself.
Original post here:
Changed in my /etc/slim.conf:
default_path        /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
Same issue, in Action buttons Shutdown and Restart grayed out.
in .xinitrc, launch line:
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
Launch line was:
exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4
But, same issue with that launch line.  Was googling and I found results saying dbus-launch is contained within startxfce4.
Last edited by headkase (2012-05-09 02:23:48)