Description of problem: KDE logout button does not logout Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always, for me. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install F8t3 2. Add KDE (I didn't install it at system install time) 3. Login (I use kdm) Actual results: Logout button does not work Expected results: Logout button to end session Additional info: I can't not have the problem. It's a showstopper. There are no relevant messages in ~/.xsession-errors and nothing in /var/log/messages
In my case, this is related to kpowersave, which fails to start properly, but succeeds in messing up logout controls in a meantime. You use a laptop, don't you? May I suggest, 'rpm -e kpowersave' temporarily just to confirm this possibility by checking how things work (or don't) without kpowersave. You may try to prevent it from starting some other way too. Check out my bug 358141. If kpowersave is a culprit, please share which laptop you use and what the bios version is.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 358141 ***
It's no kind of laptop, it's an HP DC7700 SFF. Removing kpowersave eliminates the problem.
I guess for you it is a fix, because you don't really need kpowersave. I wonder why you had it installed in a first place.
kpowersave is installed by default as part of kde-desktop. For giggles, affected parties could try running gnome-power-manager to see if it behaves any better.
I did not choose it, it got installed when I installed KDE after the main installation. I guess it's in the KDE group. I would expect it to be useful, I believe these machines can hibernate, and if they don't have power-saving modes, they should have. Battery life isn't the only reason to save power.
You need to update knetworkmanager as well. See bug 367711. This will resolve nm-applet-related problems. It was officially updated today.