[SOLVED] XFCE cannot Reboot/Shutdown

I just performed a system update and removed consolekit as it is now deprecated from the repos in favor of systemd. As a result, XFCE cannot reboot or shutdown. The menu options for reboot and shutdown both exist. However, once I click on either options, I get booted back to my login manager (slim). Any suggestions to look at?
Last edited by John5788 (2012-11-25 23:00:54)

Have you searched the boards?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1195924
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=141194
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142703
I got bored searching for you at this point. Note, most of those threads have [Solved] prepended to the title...

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Stalafin wrote:
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On 10/16/2014 12:36 PM, SawBlade wrote:
>
> I've built a single action bundle that contains the Reboot/Shutdown
> task. When run, either automatic or via the launcher, it displays my
> prompt and all is well. If I click yes, the system shuts down and if I
> click no the system remains up and working fine.
>
> The kicker, is if I let it count down fully to shutdown on its own,
> nothing happens. The system remains up without any errors logged in the
> Event Log nor the zmd-messages.log.
>
> I've tried removing the prompt and the timer, the automatic shutdown
> still doesn't kick off on its own.
>
> We're running 11.3.1 FTF Roll Up 1
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Edit: Apologies, wandered into the wrong forum section.
>
>
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