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mariannemarlow

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[solved] Failed to run action "Shut Down" (Debian 10)

For a few days now, when I try and shut down I get a dialogue box that says

Failed to run action "Shut Down"

Session manager must be in idle state when requesting a shutdown

I have been shutting down in the terminal window.

But how do I fix this?

Thank you and sorry for the questions.

Last edited by mariannemarlow (2022-11-06 16:24:43)

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Re: [solved] Failed to run action "Shut Down" (Debian 10)

For a few days now, when I try and shut down I get a dialogue box that says

Failed to run action "Shut Down"

Session manager must be in idle state when requesting a shutdown

According to your subjectline, you are running Debian 10 (oldstable).  If you make an internet search for "Session manager must be in idle state when requesting a shutdown", you get quite many results. Solution can wary with display manager.

I would recommend you to first upgrade to Debian Stable (11).

If still error after upgrading, search internet with error messsage and your displaymanager.

A simple workaround, would be to edit your meny choice/desktop icon/panel button command so it start same shutdown as you use in the terminal

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mariannemarlow

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Re: [solved] Failed to run action "Shut Down" (Debian 10)

Hi @rbh
Thank you for your response. Sorry I did not get a notification, so I have only just seen it.
I actually did try and upgrade but somehow it broke the kernel and I could not boot.

So I put knoppix live on a USB and used that to grab all my files then installed MX Linux which runs perfectly (I believe it's based on Debian 11 anyway!)

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