openSUSE 11.3 Power off does not work

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#1

poweroff or KDE Turn Off does not power off the computer. Shutdow goes well then it freezes on last …] Power Down message.

This used to work on same machine with 11.2.

Any hints appreciated :wink: …thanks

#2

Same problem here. Shutdown successful but screen and power is on until I press power button.

#3

I did two things that might have fixed that.

  1. Change your Plasma Theme. I think Air might be corrupt.
  2. Change the settings in Desktop Effects to remove the ‘dissolve’ effect at Logoff.
#4

Did you transfer a /home partition from a previous version ? your kde4 settings may be incompatible.

I had the same issue, here is what i did and it worked.

rename the /home/username/.kde4 folder to anything you want
log out or reboot
your settings (preferences) will be reset, but you should be able to logout and shutdown.

you can transfer some of your preferences over from the renamed file later if you like.

#5

Thanks for tips. Yes, I had my old profile kept from previous version.

However, this was only needed to fix the issue

Change the settings in Desktop Effects to remove the ‘dissolve’ effect at Logoff.