[Fluxbox-users] shutdown menu item

[Kete]

Hello,
I put Shutdown in my menu and clicked on Reconfigure, but clicking on
Shutdown doesn't shut down the computer. I'm using xdm in Debian, and
here is my .fluxbox/menu:
[begin] (fluxbox)
[include] (/etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu)
[exec] (Shutdown) { #!/bin/sh
gdmflexiserver -a -c 'SET_LOGOUT_ACTION HALT'
kill -TERM $(xprop -root _BLACKBOX_PID | awk '{print $3}') }
[end]
That's based on
http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Shutdown_computer_with_dialog I
also moved it to /etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu and clicked Reconfigure,
but it still didn't work.

[Kete]

Post by Kete
I
also moved it

By "moved it", I meant the [exec] lines only.

[Simon Bowden]

You can't inline the script. The wiki is helping you make a shell script to
call from the menu.

You need to put the #!/bin/sh ... stuff in a file, make it executable, then
call that in your exec:

$ cat > ~/bin/my-shutdown.sh << EOF
#!/bin/sh
gdmflexiserver -a -c 'SET_LOGOUT_ACTION HALT'
kill -TERM $(xprop -root _BLACKBOX_PID | awk '{print $3}')
EOF
$ chmod +x ~/bin/my-shutdown.sh

Then [exec] (Shutdown) { ~/bin/my-shutdown.sh }

Cheers,

- Simon

Post by Kete
Hello,
I put Shutdown in my menu and clicked on Reconfigure, but clicking on
Shutdown doesn't shut down the computer. I'm using xdm in Debian, and
[begin] (fluxbox)
[include] (/etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu)
[exec] (Shutdown) { #!/bin/sh
gdmflexiserver -a -c 'SET_LOGOUT_ACTION HALT'
kill -TERM $(xprop -root _BLACKBOX_PID | awk '{print $3}') }
[end]
That's based on
http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Shutdown_computer_with_dialog I
also moved it to /etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu and clicked Reconfigure,
but it still didn't work.
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[Javier Vasquez]

Post by Simon Bowden
You can't inline the script. The wiki is helping you make a shell script to
call from the menu.
You need to put the #!/bin/sh ... stuff in a file, make it executable, then
$ cat > ~/bin/my-shutdown.sh << EOF
#!/bin/sh
gdmflexiserver -a -c 'SET_LOGOUT_ACTION HALT'
kill -TERM $(xprop -root _BLACKBOX_PID | awk '{print $3}')
EOF
$ chmod +x ~/bin/my-shutdown.sh
Then [exec] (Shutdown) { ~/bin/my-shutdown.sh }
Cheers,
- Simon

Post by Kete
Hello,
I put Shutdown in my menu and clicked on Reconfigure, but clicking on
Shutdown doesn't shut down the computer. I'm using xdm in Debian, and
[begin] (fluxbox)
[include] (/etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu)
[exec] (Shutdown) { #!/bin/sh
gdmflexiserver -a -c 'SET_LOGOUT_ACTION HALT'
kill -TERM $(xprop -root _BLACKBOX_PID | awk '{print $3}') }
[end]
That's based on
http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Shutdown_computer_with_dialog I
also moved it to /etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu and clicked Reconfigure,
but it still didn't work.

It's been years that I use the following:

[submenu] (Exit-Menu) {}
[exec] (Lock) {xlock}
[exit] (Logout)
! [exec] (Suspend-Disk) {sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo
acpitool -S && sudo ifup eth0}
[exec] (Suspend-Disk) {sudo swapoff -a && sudo swapon
-a && sudo acpitool -S}
[exec] (Suspend-Mem) {sudo acpitool -s}
! [exec] (Reboot) {sudo reboot}
[exec] (Reboot) {sudo shutdown -r now "Sutdown:
Rebooting now..."}
! [exec] (Shutdown) {sudo halt}
[exec] (Shutdown) {sudo shutdown -h -P now "Shutdown:
Shuting down now..."}
[end]

Of course I have reboot, halt and shutdown as entries in /etc/sudoers
for me so I don't have to provide password, :-)