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Date:      Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:32:02 -0800
From:      David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 11.0 i386, XDM 1.1.11_6, XFCE 4.12_1 -- How to enable GUI shutdown and restart?
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On 12/27/16 23:01, Bernt Hansson wrote:
> You do have dbus_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf? Not sure if you need
> hald_enable="YES" too.

Thanks for the reply.


2016-12-29 19:28:58 toor@t7400 ~
# cat /etc/rc.conf
hostname="t7400"
ifconfig_bfe0="DHCP"
sshd_enable="YES"
ntpd_enable="YES"
powerd_enable="YES"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="AUTO"
zfs_enable="YES"

2016-12-29 19:29:04 toor@t7400 ~
# ll /etc/rc.conf.d
total 9
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel    2 2016/09/28 20:41:10 ./
drwxr-xr-x  25 root  wheel  113 2016/12/27 19:20:28 ../


Apparently, dbus is not enabled.  Add a file:

2016-12-29 19:29:17 toor@t7400 ~
# echo 'dbus_enable="YES"' > /etc/rc.conf.d/dbus.conf


shutdown -p, boot, login, Xfce mouse -> Log Out -> Shut Down and -> 
Restart are still greyed out.


On 12/28/16 08:39, Polytropon wrote:
> Here is some information:
>
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/16916/
>
> A more genral approach (for all users) can be followed by
> editing /usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf like this:
>
> 	<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown">
> 		<return result="yes"/>
> 	</match>
> 	<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.reboot">
> 		<return result="yes"/>
> 	</match>
>
> This can also be found in the discussion mentioned.

Thanks for the reply.


Trying the "quick fix":

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/16916/

2016-12-29 19:33:21 toor@t7400 ~
# polkit-action --set-defaults-any 
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown yes
polkit-set-default-helper: needs to be setuid polkit
Error: code=8: NotAuthorizedToModifyDefaults: uid 0 is not authorized to 
modify defaults for implicit authorization for action 
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown (requires 
org.freedesktop.policykit.modify-defaults)


David



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