XFCE 4.8.0 logs out instead of shutting down

[Gilbert Sullivan]

On 08/24/2011 12:17 PM, Dennis Gutowski wrote:
> to gilbert, i never recieve that dialogue, it just logs out.
>
> Could this be a bug of my own doing? I have several DE's installed and even
> fvwm crystal, because I was shopping around for a new interface, because of
> my serious dislike for Unity. I went with XFCE because I have been using
> XFCE on several of my client's computers for a years, and I am more
> comfortable with it then any other choice.

I'm thinking that it's more likely that the issue I'm seeing is 
self-inflicted. Closing a bunch of apps very quickly and then hitting 
Alt-F4 on the session, two right arrow, and then hitting Return is 
probably a more impetuous approach to shutting down than most users 
take, but its my usual method.

A number of years ago I wound up in dependency hell (Red Hat) from 
fiddling with a bunch of desktop environments simultaneously on one 
system, so I suppose what you're seeing might be a result of multiple 
DEs being present. But I've had the impression that package management 
and system robustness have improved enough over the years that this 
shouldn't be much of a problem these days.

I think I've seen one DE step on a configuration in some central 
location (update-alternatives or some such) that might adversely affect 
the behavior or settings in another DE, but I don't remember seeing 
anything like what you're reporting. Am I correct in thinking that you 
are selecting Shut Down on the dialog and are then just getting dumped 
at the login prompt?

Oops, I see that Yves-Alexis Perez has made a suggestion. (I should 
learn to read all of the messages extant before starting to ramble.) If 
you do as suggested, I'm sure we'll all be interested to learn what's 
actually happening.

Regards,
Gilbert