Investigating further, it appears this issue is in GNOME: $ gnome-session-quit
** (gnome-session-quit:16622): WARNING **: Failed to call logout: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files ** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => gnome-session (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1254350 Title: "Shut down" in unity-2d-panel does not work after upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1254350/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs