Ubuntu 8.04 Gnome logout hangs system

After the upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 I have hit the first small bug. I couldn’t use the “System – Quit” or the Log Out Button in Gnome to logout as they caused the session to hang. Also “gnome-session-save –kill” in a terminal caused the same fault. The only way out was a Control-Alt-Backspace. The forum is down today so I have struggled to find a solution and I have succeeded. Here it is:

Go to “System – Preferences – Sessions” and either activate or add and activate “gnome-power-manager”. and restart Gnome. That’s it, the usual logout box now appears as soon as you click the Log Out Button.

Ubuntu upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04.1

As you may have noticed I have been busy with javascript and Gmaps API topics recently and have delayed upgrading the Hardy Heron to avoid being distracted.

However yesterday I bit the bullet and upgraded via the update manager and everything seems to have worked well. One thing bugs me about the update manager is that it stops and asks if you want to keep your configuration files for certain applications such as Privoxy or replace them. Of course I want to keep them, why would I want to delete this information and then re-enter it, so really the question is stupid. But what bugs me is that the upgrade stops until these useless questions are answered and so you can’t start the update and then go out for a beer and expect the update to be finished when you get back.

I will keep you informed of issues as and when they occur.