New distro - and logging off

[Neil Winchurst]

On 17/11/12 16:23, Ray Andrews wrote:
> 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?
>
I don't think so, but the text disappears so fast I can hardly read it. 
I will look carefully next time.

Neil