Mh, I think it was a design decision not to do this... Actually to prevent this to happen we had to use some workarounds, so I think this is a Won't fix.
-- 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/1256703 Title: Shutdown dialog doesn't shutdown automatically after given time Status in Unity: Confirmed Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: New shutdown/reboot/logout dialog (transparent UI introduced in 13.04) doesn't proceed after a given time. So after running 'gnome-session- quit --power-off' in a script the user will have to press a button or the system will never shutdown. In old dialog (<= 12.10) there was a countdown starting at 60sec which shutdown the system after ran out. This made it possible to shutdown a system automatically from command line without extra user interaction. The dbus method which triggers the dialog indicate that there is such a function: ~$ qdbus org.gnome.Shell /org/gnome/SessionManager/EndSessionDialog [...] method void org.gnome.SessionManager.EndSessionDialog.Open(uint type, uint arg_1, uint max_wait, QList<QDBusObjectPath> inhibitors) I'd expect 'max_wait' is seconds until proceed shutdown. But it doesn't work. --------------------- I know there is an alternative with 'sudo shutdown -h now' and I also know how to make that sudo command password-less. But that would only work on my own system. I need this functionality for a OSS project where I don't want to mess around in users '/etc/sudoers' file. All other Desktop Environs I know have such a feature except Unity >= 13.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42-generic 3.8.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' Date: Sun Dec 1 21:52:54 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-20 (103 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1256703/+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