Restart only logs out when another logged in

[randyklein99]

My problem: When there are more than 1 user logged in and I choose restart, it only logs me out to the GDM user selection screen. If I choose the restart option there, nothing happens. Sudo reboot works though. If only 1 user logged in, the reboot works fine.

I've been experiencing this same problem on 3 different computers - 64 bit desktop upgraded to 10.10, 32 bit laptop fresh install 10.10, and 32 bit laptop upgraded to 10.10. I didn't have this problem with 10.04.

[randyklein99]

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[randyklein99]

After some time and updates coming through, this problem still persists. But now, once I'm at the GDM login screen, I can reboot whereas I couldn't even do that before.

[jerenept]

You need to log the other person out before restarting.
This is to prevent work being lost, unsaved documents etc.