New distro - and logging off

[Ray Andrews]

On 17/11/12 03:46 AM, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> Recently I replaced my old distro with Mint Maya Xfce. So far I have 
> been very pleased. This is especially so re the speed, it is 
> incredibly fast compared to any I have used before.
>
> Except for one instance, logging off. When, at the desktop, I choose 
> to shut down the computer it just sits there for about 55 seconds. 
> (The first couple of times I thought something was wrong.) Then it 
> suddenly shows a couple of lines of text and then closes down.
>
> Since everything else is so fast I cannot understand why this should 
> take so long. I am a bit baffled as to where to look. What can it be 
> doing for all this time? Of course this may be a Mint problem rather 
> than Xfce.
>
> Any ideas please?
>
What was the text? Not "failed to receive a reply from the sessions 
manager" by any chance?