Debian Bug report logs - #794794
shutdown confirmation too aggressive

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Package: gnome-shell; Maintainer for gnome-shell is Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>; Source for gnome-shell is src:gnome-shell (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro>

Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 17:21:02 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version gnome-shell/3.14.4-1~deb8u1

Done: Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#794794; Package gnome-shell. (Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:21:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:21:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: shutdown confirmation too aggressive
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 19:17:02 +0200
Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.14.4-1~deb8u1
Severity: important

I feel the shutdown confirmation procedure is a bit aggressive, in other
words, it may lead to unintended shutdown

First of all, the shutdown control is right beside the screen lock
control and somebody going to click the screen lock may erroneously
click the shutdown button and walk away from their computer thinking it
is just going to lock

In fact, rather than locking, there is a delay of 1 or 2 seconds and
then the shutdown confirmation window appears.  Because the window
doesn't appear for a couple of seconds, somebody who is in a hurry may
have already started walking away thinking they locked the screen

The shutdown window has a 60 second timer and then it automatically
shuts down without further confirmation from the user.  It may be
preferable not to have the timer and require an explicit click to confirm.

As a workaround, it is possible to change the permissions so only root
can shutdown and everybody else must use sudo






Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#794794; Package gnome-shell. (Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:51:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to vadyba@klientai.eu:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:51:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Reply sent to Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>:
You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:24:22 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:24:22 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #15 received at 794794-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>
To: 767083-done@bugs.debian.org, 775162-done@bugs.debian.org, 775897-done@bugs.debian.org, 782687-done@bugs.debian.org, 790069-done@bugs.debian.org, 793958-done@bugs.debian.org, 794794-done@bugs.debian.org, 796541-done@bugs.debian.org, 797300-done@bugs.debian.org, 799354-done@bugs.debian.org, 803351-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: closing old GNOME Shell bugs
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:22:25 -0400
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 12 (or
with Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha



Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 20 May 2025 07:33:59 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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