My intent, in reporting this bug, is not to find a work-around for me specifically, but is to propose a default behavior for the masses. We want to maximize the user-friendliness to a brand new user of Ubuntu Unity, without harming the work-flow of a seasoned professional.
This proposal is intended as a usability completeness, in keeping with the goal of achieving tasks via the Unity Dash. The designers of the Unity Dash, have taken great effort to allow new users (and old) to achieve numerous tasks by hitting the super key and typing a short phrase. They've designed several scopes allowing a user find almost anything on their computer (and even scopes that search for things on the internet). So, it seems unusual to me, that (out of all the things you can do with the dash) you cannot search and find such fundamental task as : logout, reboot, suspend, or shutdown. I'm proposing additions to the *default* dash lookup scope, that not only make these tasks available (via the dash), but also activate the corresponding alias-phrases mentioned previously: - Reboot ("restart" is another good alias for this) - Shutdown (other intuitive aliases: "shut down", "turn off") - logout (aliases: "log out", "log off" and "logoff") - suspend/hibernate -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1403293 Title: Unity Dash can't understand "logout", "reboot", or "shutdown" Status in Ayatana Design: New Status in Unity: Incomplete Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: In their efforts to make the Unity Dash the "goto place for everything you want to do", the developers have over looked 3 fundamental tasks that a user might intuitively try to achieve with the unity dash: - Reboot ("restart" is another good alias for this) - Shutdown (other intuitive aliases: "shut down", "turn off") - logout (aliases: "log out", "log off" and "logoff") I realize that the gear-icon-menu is the intended method for achieving such tasks, but consider this: That menu is not intuitively accessible via the keyboard. Try to access it without your mouse! It might be possible, but if so, it is not intuitive. I realized this today, when I encountered a bug where my mouse-cursor did not appear after logging in to the Unity Desktop: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1403287 Additionally, ctrl-alt-delete doesn't provide a reboot option: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1403289 There are clearly circumstances where it would be very nice to reboot or shutdown your computer via the dash. As a matter of fact, I think it would be my preferred method of achieving these task if it were available. Instead of mousing to the gear menu (and clicking a menu option), I would much rather hit the super key and type "reboot" or "restart". Granted, I could achieve this via Unity Alt-key menu, or by hitting ctrl-alt-T, but you have to type "sudo reboot" (and enter your dang password) to achieve this. I'd rather go the gear-icon-method than be required to type my password! Therefore, this unity-dash method I'm proposing would be a nice compromise. And, from an intuitive perspective, its simply an oversight (everyone has ignored) that should have been there all along, respectfully. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity 7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.113 Mon Dec 1 21:08:13 PST 2014 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Dec 16 21:31:36 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GT216M [GeForce GT 230M] [10de:0a28] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:7001] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-23 (23 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-43-generic root=UUID=8b3cc691-0444-4efd-8504-0ae5dd9ba3eb ro quiet splash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/31/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.25 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 7001 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 35.35 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.25:bd05/31/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv8NotebookPC:pvr0499220000241210001040000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn7001:rvr35.35:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 0499220000241210001040000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.5 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.3 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Dec 16 20:55:06 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1403293/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp