Shutdown button broken on karmic

[Paul Gear]

IKT wrote:
> Heya,
>
> This might help:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K79PrQdDYQ
>
> In text form he basically says:
>
> alt+f2 > gconf-editor > Apps > indicator-session > check the box "suppress
> logout_restart_shutdown"
>
> And you should shutdown/logout/restart straight away.
>
> - IKT
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Paul Gear <paul at libertysys.com.au> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I upgraded my kids desktop to karmic over the weekend, and i'm really
>> not happy with what they've done with the power button.
>>
>> I know how strange this sounds coming from a 15-year Linux user, but i
>> really want the power button to act just like it does on Windows XP.  In
>> XP, unless two or more persons are logged into the computer, the power
>> button shuts the machine down as fast as possible with no confirmation.
>> On intrepid and earlier, this worked the same.  On jaunty, they took
>> away the ability to do this while anyone was logged in, but it still
>> worked from the login prompt (gdm).  Now, on karmic, it does absolutely
>> nothing, whether you're logged in or not.  I want the old XP-style
>> behaviour back - how can i do that?

Won't that only work for the currently-logged-in user?  What about GDM?