# SLES11SP2 Shutdown button in Gnome doesn't work

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/sles11sp2-shutdown-button-in-gnome-doesnt-work/23094>\
**Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\
**Created:** [September 14, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles11sp2-shutdown-button-in-gnome-doesnt-work/23094 "2012-09-14T13:08:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles11sp2-shutdown-button-in-gnome-doesnt-work/23094/1 "2012-09-14T13:08:19Z")

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Hi  
I have installed SLES11SP2 for testing purposes in VMware Workstation 9.

But I have a problem with the GUI, it doesn’t matter if I’m logged in as  
root or as a regular user.

Clicking on Computer-\>Shutdown brings up the Shut Down the Computer  
dialog where the button Shut Down and Restart don’t do anything.

Clicking on them just closes the dialog…

Any idea what could be wrong?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles11sp2-shutdown-button-in-gnome-doesnt-work/23094/2 "2012-09-15T17:19:58Z")

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[QUOTE=alekz]Hi  
I have installed SLES11SP2 for testing purposes in VMware Workstation 9.

But I have a problem with the GUI, it doesn’t matter if I’m logged in as  
root or as a regular user.

Clicking on Computer-\>Shutdown brings up the Shut Down the Computer  
dialog where the button Shut Down and Restart don’t do anything.

Clicking on them just closes the dialog…

Any idea what could be wrong?

Thanks  
[/QUOTE]  
Hi  
If you logout to GDM (Login Screen) can you shutdown there? If you  
create a test user, can the test user shutdown?

On my system here I see all buttons are active if i select shutdown.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
openSUSE 12.2 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.4.6-2.10-desktop  
up 4 days 18:27, 4 users, load average: 0.16, 0.22, 0.28  
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU