Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help, I'm trying to shutdown/poweroff with keybindings. I've edited the /etc/sudoers file and put the shortcut in my keys file but all to no avail. What am I doing wrong ? I got the rest of the keys working working no problem. Heres my keys file if anyone finds it useful - the only shortcut that doesn't work is the "halt" one.
OnDesktop Mouse2 :WorkspaceMenu
OnDesktop Mouse3 :RootMenu
KP_Add :NextWorkspace
KP_Subtract :PrevWorkspace
Control m :RootMenu
Alt m :HideMenus
KP_Insert :Maximize
KP_Delete :Minimize
KP_Enter :Fullscreen
Control k :KillWindow
Control c :Close
Control q :Exit
Control z :Exec sudo halt
Control e :ExecCommand eject
Control h :Exec thunar # Ctrl+h will bring up file manager
Control r :ExecCommand rhythmbox # Ctrl+r will bring up music player
Control b :ExecCommand deluge # Ctrl+b will bring up deluge
Control a :ExecCommand abiword # Ctrl+a will bring up abiword
Control f :ExecCommand firefox # Ctrl+f will bring up firefox
Control o :ExecCommand opera # Ctrl+o will bring up opera
Control t :ExecCommand lxterminal # Ctrl+t will bring up an lxterminal
Control l :ExecCommand leafpad # Ctrl+l will bring up leafpad
Control x :ExecCommand xfburn # Ctrl+x will bring up xfburn
Control p :ExecCommand picasa # Ctrl+p will bring up picasa
None Control Right :MoveRight 30
None Control Left :MoveLeft 30
None Control Up :MoveUp 30
None Control Down :MoveDown 30
None Alt Right :ResizeHorizontal 25
None Alt Left :ResizeHorizontal -25
None Alt Up :ResizeVertical -25
None Alt Down :ResizeVertical 25
KP_Prior :MoveTo 0 0 UpperRight -> snap to upper right workspace corner
KP_Home :MoveTo 0 0 UpperLeft -> snap to upper left workspace corner
KP_End :MoveTo 0 0 BottomLeft -> snap to bottom left workspace corner
KP_Next :MoveTo 0 0 BottomRight -> snap to bottom right workspace corner
KP_Begin :MoveTo 0 0 Center -> snap to center of workspace
KP_Right :MoveTo 0 0 RightCenter -> snap to right center of workspace
KP_Left :MoveTo 0 0 LeftCenter -> snap to left center of workspace
KP_8 :MoveTo 0 0 TopCenter -> snap to top center of workspace
KP_Down :MoveTo 0 0 BottomCenter -> snap to bottom center of workspace
#Volume. Will lower or raise volume by 5%. The third key binding will toggle mute.
None XF86AudioRaiseVolume :Exec amixer sset Master,0 5%+
None XF86AudioLowerVolume :Exec amixer sset Master,0 5%-
None XF86AudioMute :Exec amixer sset Master,0 toggle
Thanks
Tony
Shutting down with keybindings
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Shutting down with keybindings
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Re: Shutting down with keybindings
I suppose it's because it requires 'sudo'? I tried ciao, instead of halt, and that brought up the shutdown pop-up, which isn't really what you're going for. Heck, I tried a few different things; interesting question and quite an extensive list of keys you've got there. Must be a keyboard warrior in the making.
Re: Shutting down with keybindings
couple of suggestions . .
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sudo /sbin/halt
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gksudo /sbin/halt
Re: Shutting down with keybindings
Hi, I tried those and still no luck, ah well - I'll keep trying and if i manage it I'll post back with the solution. Thanks anyway for the suggestions, it was worth a shot.
PS. I've noticed that whenever anyone else posts code it's always in that neat little code box. How do you get that ? - so I'm not copying and pasting code into the message area.
Tony.
PS. I've noticed that whenever anyone else posts code it's always in that neat little code box. How do you get that ? - so I'm not copying and pasting code into the message area.
Tony.
Re: Shutting down with keybindings
One other to try :
When you are in the edit window, they are the small buttons along the top of the text box. Just click quote or code, paste between the two squares [ code ] here [ / code ]
ps: when you changed commands, did you change the command in your visudo too ?
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gksudo shutdown -P now
ps: when you changed commands, did you change the command in your visudo too ?
Re: Shutting down with keybindings
No I didn't, I just opened /etc as root and opened the sudoers file in leafpad. Whats visudo ? Sorry if it's a dumb question but I've never come accross it. just tried "visudo leafpad /etc/sudoers" and "visudo /etc/sudoers" and got "usage: visudo [-c] [-q] [-s] [-V] [-f sudoers]".
How do I use it to open the sudoers file ?
Thanks for your patience.
Tony
How do I use it to open the sudoers file ?
Thanks for your patience.
Tony
Re: Shutting down with keybindings
I'm kinda getting there. i've found that if I use ":ExecCommand gksudo poweroff" in my keys file then that works. It requires my password to shutdown but I can live with that for now till I suss it out, it's not perfect but it's still quicker than fiddling about with a track pad.
Tony.
Tony.