xfce4 version 4.2 is now stable on x86. It has options to reboot or halt
when you use the exit button from the panel. if you want to halt or
reboot you need to give your user password.

On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 07:42 +0000, Russ Brown wrote:
> HK wrote:
> > n_powell wrote:
> > 
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> >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 10:36:15PM +0100 thus spake HK:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> How can I cleanly exit the wm (xfce4) and poweroff/reboot machine?
> >>>
> >>> I would like to cleanly exit the wm and then proceed with service 
> >>> stop and poweroff/reboot... Right now I'm just running poweroff as 
> >>> root from the X session and it is not what I would like...
> >>
> 
> Personally I start X using xdm, which is configured to run gdm. To shut 
> down the machine from being logged into xfce4, I just exit from the WM 
> using the button mentioned previously, which then drops me out to gdm, 
> which has its own clickable options for shutting down the machine as a 
> whole. Simple, elegnat and it works now.
> 
-- 
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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