Bug#735628: gdm3: Does not restart system when clicking {Restart}

[Andreas Cadhalpun]

Hi Adrian,

On 17.01.2014 05:09, Adrian Immanuel Kiess wrote:
>     * What led up to the situation?
>       Trying to restart system via GDM
>     * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>       ineffective)?
>       Clicking {Restart} button
>     * What was the outcome of this action?
>       None
>     * What outcome did you expect instead?
>       System restarting
>
> currently in Debian/testing GDM does not restart the system after clicking
> {Restart}.

This is due to a missing dependency on systemd-shim | systemd-sysv, see [1].
So you can either install systemd-shim or switch your init system to
systemd, which can be achieved by installing systemd-sysv or adding
the boot parameter 'init=/bin/systemd'.

> The root password is asked thou, but no action is taken afterwards.

The strange asking for a root password is tracked in Bug#731882 [2].

> Thank you for your efforts.

Thanks for reporting bugs.

Best regards,
Andreas

1: http://bugs.debian.org/726763
2: http://bugs.debian.org/731882