Session Manager

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Provides easy access to shut down, restart, etc

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Session Manager

Session Manager is an applet that provides easy access to session controls such as shut down, restart, log off, switch user, etc. It has been tested in Arch, Fedora and Linux Mint, and supports a wide variety of software configurations. If your particular configuration is not supported, please submit a feature request on github, and I will add it at my earliest convenience.

Features

Option to set both the panel text and icon (supports both full-color and symbolic icons)
Ability to change the icon size in the menu
Supports multiple display managers (login screen):
- MDM
- GDM
- LightDM
- LXDM
Supports multiple session tools:
- Consolekit
- Upower
- Systemd

Known issues

Currently uses some synchronous calls. In practice this doesn't cause any issues, but it does cause this applet to be flagged in applet settings as 'dangerous'.

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19 Comments

its_hitzz-2 years ago

This is a great tools having all options in a single click , only thing that bothered me is that it doesn't have any confirmation dialogue , So if something is pressed accidentally it automatic shuts it down or restarts without confirming and that we don't want.

ivanaponi-4 years ago

Can we have an option for confirmation dialog enabling and disabling

GitLister-5 years ago

Is there still hope that it will run on older Cinnamon versions below 3.8? Other developers have managed it in the meantime. An example is Weather by mockturtl (https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/17). I, for one, would be very happy.

GitLister-5 years ago

Unfortunately no function since the last update to version 1.1. Cinnamon 3.6.7 (Linux Mint 18.3) always crashes.

merriander-5 years ago

Yes, I am having the same problem. Cinnamon 3.6.7 Linux Mint 18.3

Sadi Yumuşak-5 years ago

Hi, and thanks for this handy applet! It works well under LinuxMint 19.1, Cinnamon 4.0.9 but there's only one problem: "Switch User" merely logs out with only one option, i.e. logging in back to the same user session...so I actually have to use the command "Log Off" instead to switch to another user.

BlackPantherIX-6 years ago

Hi Stephen, I've installed your applet because i wanted to add an entry to invoke my script to reboot into Windows via grub a bit easier. Do you have an idea how I can get the command "grub-set-default" got run? I think there's a problem with the root rights needed...

Brahim Salem-6 years ago

maybe you should add the ''Schedule a shutdown'' option too like in here https://itsfoss.com/schedule-shutdown-ubuntu/

Brahim Salem-6 years ago

I mean "shutdown -h now" command which will shutdown the computer faster than "poweroff". We used to have these two options in gnome 2.

Brahim Salem-7 years ago

where is the "shutdown now" option?

Stephen Collins-7 years ago

I'm not sure what you mean. There is `Shut Down`, which immediately shuts down the computer. Are you saying that this item is missing from the menu?

Tony-7 years ago

Hi Stephen, thanks for making this applet. I like and use this applet on my dual-monitor desktop but can only install one instance of it - ie only on one panel. I'd like to have it appear on the panel for both of my monitors. I can make this work by manually editing the metadata.json file to add the line: "max-instances": -1 but perhaps a future version of the applet could include that extra code? cheers

Stephen Collins-7 years ago

Done

Lvaskz-7 years ago

hi, can you translate to spanish ? it seems this applet can not recongnize the laguage system thanks

Richard Gordon-7 years ago

There is something wrong. Can't install. Getting error messages saying "contact developer". Linux Mint 18.2. Please help resolve this!

NikoKrause-7 years ago

Please make sure your applet version is up to date by hitting the »Refresh list« button and applying all updates.

Richard Gordon-7 years ago

Could you please include installation instructions? When I upgraded my distro I lost this applet and I can't recall how to install. Thanks!

Richard Gordon-7 years ago

Very cool applet! I add it to right side of my panel. Fantastic design!

Stan Cooper-7 years ago

On my Mint system this shows a 'sleep' option. What is that if it is neither suspend or hibernate (which also appear?)