Logout from Unity session?

[Tony Pursell]

On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 00:48 +0200, A. Kromic wrote:
> On 05/27/2011 12:33 AM, Tony Pursell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 15:40 -0600, compdoc wrote:
> >>> Am I crazy
> >> Yes, most likely
> >>
> >>> or there really isn't a Logout command in that menu?
> >> Click the little icon in the upper right corner that's shaped like a symbol
> >> for power on/off.
> >>
> >> At least there's an icon in the installed version...
> >>
> > No, you are not crazy, but there is a way to get 'Classic Ubuntu' (aka
> > Gnome).  But, it will only work if you have persistent storage to store
> > settings, which means you have to boot from a live USB.
> >
> > At the bottom of the close down menu (as described by compdoc above) you
> > will find 'System Settings'.  Choose this, find 'Logon Screen' and click
> > 'Unlock', then change the 'Select .... as default session' setting.  You
> > can also get it to show a logon screen, where you can logon as 'Ubuntu'
> > with a blank password (but I don't remember if you get the session
> > chooser).
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Thank you for your answers. I really hope there IS a Logout command in
> that menu (although the powerbutton icon (glyph) is also there in the
> live-cd session)  when installed... I'm suspicious however; why would it
> be different for a live-cd? There has never been any differences in
> desktop settings...
> 
> Also, changing the default session is nice, but it doesn't solve the
> problem of some quick checks for which I need to log in and out several
> times. Now, I guess I won't be needing that anymore with a live-cd, but
> if I'm  not able to logout from the session on the installed version,
> I'd find that quite annoying because I need that...
> 
> Or perhaps I'll wonder again if I'm crazy? ;)
> 

>From the installed version you will have no problem (as long as you
don't have automatic log in) because you will have the session choice at
login and a Logout entry in the close down menu.

Tony