Fedora 20: How can I log out in Gnome 3? [closed]

asked 2014-01-13 22:03:15 -0600

florian
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updated 2014-01-25 17:38:01 -0600

FranciscoD_
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Current Gnome doesn't provide a log-off button anymore. How can I restore that button or how can I logoff from Gnome?

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Closed for the following reason duplicate question by FranciscoD_
close date 2014-01-25 22:25:41.712476

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Dear Fedora developers. Please don't make people slam their heads on the table while using Fedora. It's nice you're taking care to create a good UI, but please do usability testing with Windows Users. I'm trying to introduce people to Linux, and they get repulsed by the un-intuitive UI. Even after having used Linux for many years, even I find the UI worse than Windows. Hope this would be taken positively to improve the usability of Fedora. Specifically about the logout button...why on earth couldn't it be kept next to the shutdown button?!

Nav ( 2014-01-25 10:11:31 -0600 )edit

Please file a bug upstream with Gnome. We use their software as is. If you're looking to rant, please write a post on your personal blog.

FranciscoD_ ( 2014-01-25 22:24:05 -0600 )edit

Closing as a duplicate of https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/30783/how-do-i-enable-the-logout-option-in-gnome-shell/

FranciscoD_ ( 2014-01-25 22:25:26 -0600 )edit

Gnome is the default interface with Fedora. I am here because it seized up the system yet again, and after rebooting, I realized I can't find the "logout" button to try to figure out why (not that it matters, Gnome shell seems determined to lock out no matter what) and this feels just like one annoyance too many. So rant away, @Nav, you are not the only one feeling pissed off, and no amount of "take your problem to the Gnome devs" is going to fix it. Gnome is what a FC user seems first and last in their sessions, so it is not THEIR problem, but OUR problem.

Woland ( 2014-10-29 17:04:33 -0600 )edit

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answered 2014-01-13 22:22:35 -0600

hmaarrfk
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updated 2014-01-14 00:06:51 -0600

Is there not an option when you click on your name in the drop down menu of the top bar?

See screenshot below LogOut Button

Else, maybe try this:

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/703/enable-log-out-button/

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Fedora20 does not have the username in the drop down menu any more. That's why I was wondering. But the extension works fine. Thanks

florian ( 2014-01-13 23:03:06 -0600 )edit

See updated answer.

hmaarrfk ( 2014-01-14 00:06:07 -0600 )edit

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I thought it's supposed to be switched on for F20's Gnome 3.10. There's a gsetting for it:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell always-show-log-out true

FranciscoD_ ( 2014-01-14 00:39:24 -0600 )edit

Florian, you might want to try to delete your gnome configuration if you upgraded from a previous distro. Porting old configuration doesn't always work well. Especially with gnome since they decided to use a binary based configuration system....

hmaarrfk ( 2014-01-14 09:06:50 -0600 )edit

@hmaarrfk: I did not upgrade from previous version. I did a clean install of Fedora Heisenbug.

florian ( 2014-01-14 10:29:43 -0600 )edit

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answered 2014-01-14 23:02:57 -0600

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See https://ask.fedoraproject.org/question/30783/how-do-i-enable-the-logout-option-in-gnome-shell/. The answer is a one-line command. More generally, you can install dconf-editor, then go to org/gnome/shell, then check "always-show-log-out".