System stops responding before QuitManager launch

[gogic]

Hi,

I have a problem with my lubuntu that am trying to solve.
I have just installed lubuntu 13.10 . All works fine but when i click on shutdown button in lower right corner system stops responding for about 45 sec and then screen with options for logout/quit etc is shown . Processor usage also goes very high during this process.

After some investigation it looks that problem is with graphic drivers and darkening image after you click on shutdown button. Similar thing is described here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=168529 . Installing new deivers for my ati 7850 card fixed that issue but made new one screens were glitching while moving etc, so i reverted to open ati drivers.

Further clues :
When you click on shutdown button lxsession-default quit is called and there something like this is called
dbus-send --session --print-reply --dest="org.lxde.SessionManager" /org/lxde/SessionManager org.lxde.SessionManager.QuitManagerLaunch
when i run this from console i get same thing system stops responding , and i get message in console
quick output : method return sender=:1.1 -> dest=:1.49 reply_serial=2
Maybe it can help.

1 .Can someone help with this it very annoying to wait for 45 sec for screen. Maybe somehow disabling background change ( it gets a bit more gray ) if there is the issue ?

2 .or can i somehow add two more buttons that will just shutdown and restart at my lubuntu status bar ? Or change to old style of minimal menu when i click on shutdown button ?

Thx

[Lew_Rockwell_fan]

2 .or can i somehow add two more buttons that will just shutdown and restart at my lubuntu status bar ?

Sure. I assume by "status bar" you mean the panel. Go to /usr/share/applications and open one of the "desktop" files for some program that is in your menu (that way you know you are starting with a model that works) with a text editor. Where it says "Name=SomeProgram" change it to "Name=shutdown" or whatever you prefer. Where it says "Exec=SomeCommand" change it to "Exec=gksudo shutdown -h now" and save it as shutdown.desktop. Do the same thing for reboot with the command "gksudo shutdown -r now". Now both of those should be available to put in the application launcher on your panel with the regular gui dialogue. THey should also be in your menu in the same section as your model file appeared.

Or change to old style of minimal menu when i click on shutdown button ?

I'm not sure what you mean there. The above procedure should put shutdown and reboot entries on the regular Lubuntu menu and make them available to the dialogue for to add them to the application launcher on the panel. I don't think Lubuntu has brought out a new version since I last used it so maybe you're referring to some menu that was before my time. There is also the openbox menu which you can enable if you want. That menu is editable by hand as an .xml text file if that's what you have in mind. It is a little tricky to use in Lubuntu but I did manage to get it working before I abandoned Lubuntu for plain openbox. If you want to try that I suggest you look for the thread here where some very smart fellows helped me figure out how.