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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome doesn't shutdown
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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:01:46 -0400
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At Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:23:21 +0200 Manuel Fiorelli <manuel.fiorelli@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I noticed that Gnome doesn't shutdown anymore. When I press
> System/Shutdown and I confirm in the prompt, the desktop is cleared
> but the wallpaper is still visible and the machine doesn't shutdown.
>
> This behavior appeared after an update; I waited for another update,
> but the problem still persists. I wonder if I make an error during the
> update or it is a bug affecting the last releases of the desktop
> manager.
>
> I run the version of gnome 2.26.3

I recently had a problem where the evolution data server didn't die
I had to do evolution --force-shutdown

I don't have that problem now, but you could give it a try.

allan