GUI access to shutdown?

Question

I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10. There is no shutdown button or apparent means of accessing something similar from the GUI. It is extremely annoying having to enter dash, search for the shutdown dialog, and then activate it. The dialog has no apparent means to add it to the panel nor the launcher.

Is there a known fix or is this a "feature"?

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 19 '11 at 04:13

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The shutdown option generally appears in the Cog button menu. It is at the extreme top right corner of unity interface.

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edited Oct 19 '11 at 04:13

Jorge Castro

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answered Oct 19 '11 at 04:09

Akshar Patel

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '11 at 04:18

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There is a COG (Gear) button in the top right corner of your screen. This is the option you need to click. It will open the menu and the last option is the Shutdown. Shutdown window also includes the Restart option in case you want that one also.

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answered Oct 19 '11 at 04:18

Luis Alvarado

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 10 '12 at 16:57

I experienced exactly this, after upgrading from Ubuntu 11.04

Try moving the mouse to top-right (close to the edge of screen) over the username. The 'Power Menu' should then replace the 'Switch User' menu.

I initially solved this by changing theme from 'Ambiance' to 'Radiance'. By now, this should have been fixed in updates.

the change in theme is as settings-appearance-change to ambiance or any other till the shut down appears

GUI access to shutdown?

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