I also found an answer on superuser.com that shouldn't be too helpful:

> You need to add the "Indicator Applet Session" applet. It's in the "Add to 
> Panel" list.

> The "Shutdown" applet gives you a popup dialog with Shut Down, Restart, 
> Suspend and Hibernate options.

> The "Indicator Applet Session" applet gives you the drop-down menu with Log 
> Out, Suspend, Hibernate, Restart and Shut Down options, as well as Lock 
> Screen, Guest Session, Switch from... and other fast-user-switching options.

This just lets you take the whole button away, so you also lose "Lock
screen" "Switch user" "Log out", which would be nice to keep.

--Don Ellis


On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Don Ellis <[email protected]> wrote:
> I tried looking around and found some promising links, which did not
> deliver on their promises.
>
> Then, a right-click on the power menu brought up a list including
> "About"; the dialog included a link to the Indicator Applet website:
>
>    https://launchpad.net/indicator-applet
>
> which included "Browse the code"
>
> This might be helpful, or at least get you to someone you can ask (the
> authors are listed on the web page).
>
> --Don Ellis
>
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote:
>> In Ubuntu 10.04, there is a menu which drops down when you click on
>> the power icon and it has several options:
>>
>> lock screen
>> switch user
>> logout
>> suspend
>> hibernate
>> restart
>> shut down
>>
>> My machine is used as both a desktop and a server.  So, I would like
>> to modify that menu by getting rid of suspend, hibernate, restart, and
>> shut down.  A quick google didn't show anything promising.  So I
>> thought I'd ask here before doing a more in-depth search.
>>
>> Regards,
>> - Robert
>

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