Bug#1142713: gnome-shell: logout button not displayed in quick menu on single-user host
James Addison
jay at jp-hosting.net
Fri Jul 24 13:48:22 BST 2026
Package: gnome-shell
Version: 50.2-3
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
Dear Maintainer,
After installing some printer-related packages today on my single-user Debian
testing/forky system, I intended to logout of my GNOME desktop session to
ensure that my active user groups (e.g. output of the `groups` command)
reflected any updated permissions applied during installation of those
packages.
However: it seems that GNOME upstream has made some changes that cause
the session logout button not to be displayed by default on single-user host
systems.
There is a GNOME setting named 'org.gnome.shell always-show-log-out' that can
be set to 'true' to override this; I have not configured that yet.
An upstream issue thread tracking this issue can be found at: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/work_items/9100
Regards,
James
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 7.1.3+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.49.0-4+b1
ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 23.13.9-8+b2
ii gir1.2-adw-1 1.9.2-1
ii gir1.2-atk-1.0 2.61.0-1
ii gir1.2-atspi-2.0 2.61.0-1
ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.86.0-6+b2
ii gir1.2-gcr-4 4.4.0.1-8+b2
ii gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 50.1-2
ii gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.44.7+dfsg-1
ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 50.1-2
ii gir1.2-geoclue-2.0 2.8.1-1
ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 2.88.2-1
ii gir1.2-gnomebg-4.0 44.5-1
ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-3.0 47.2-1
ii gir1.2-gnomedesktop-4.0 44.5-1
ii gir1.2-graphene-1.0 1.10.8-5+b2
ii gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 1.28.4-2
ii gir1.2-gtk-4.0 4.22.4+ds-1
ii gir1.2-gweather-4.0 4.4.4-5
ii gir1.2-ibus-1.0 1.5.34-1
ii gir1.2-mutter-18 50.2-3
ii gir1.2-nm-1.0 1.56.1-1
ii gir1.2-nma4-1.0 1.10.6-7+b2
ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.58.0-1
ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 127-3
ii gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 2.62.1+dfsg-1
ii gir1.2-soup-3.0 3.6.6-1
ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 1.91.3-1
ii gjs 1.88.1-1
ii gnome-control-center 1:50.3-1
ii gnome-settings-daemon 50.1-1
ii gnome-shell-common 50.2-3
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 50.1-2
ii gstreamer1.0-pipewire 1.6.8-1
ii libatk-bridge2.0-0t64 2.61.0-1
ii libatk1.0-0t64 2.61.0-1
ii libc6 2.42-17
ii libcairo2 1.18.4-3+b1
ii libecal-2.0-3 3.56.2-8+b1
ii libedataserver-1.2-27t64 3.56.2-8+b1
ii libgcr-4-4 4.4.0.1-8+b2
ii libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.44.7+dfsg-1
ii libgirepository-2.0-0 2.88.2-1
ii libgjs0 1.88.1-1
ii libgles2 1.7.0-3+b1
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.88.2-1
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.88.2-1
ii libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.4.5-5
ii libgnome-desktop-4-2t64 44.5-1
ii libgraphene-1.0-0 1.10.8-5+b2
ii libgtk-4-1 4.22.4+ds-1
ii libical3t64 3.0.20-2+b1
ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.10.8+ds-2+b1
ii libmutter-18-0 50.2-3
ii libnm0 1.56.1-1
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.58.0-1
ii libpipewire-0.3-0t64 1.6.8-1
ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 127-3
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 127-3
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 17.0+dfsg1-2.1+b2
ii libpulse0 17.0+dfsg1-2.1+b2
ii libsecret-1-0 0.21.7-2+b1
ii libsoup-3.0-0 3.6.6-1
ii libsystemd0 261.1-3
ii libx11-6 2:1.8.13-1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.4-1+b4
ii libxfixes3 1:6.0.0-2+b5
ii python3 3.14.6-1
ii tecla 50.0-1
Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
pn bolt <none>
pn evolution-data-server <none>
ii gdm3 50.1-2
pn gnome-browser-connector <none>
ii gnome-menus 3.38.1-3
pn gnome-remote-desktop <none>
pn gnome-user-docs <none>
pn ibus <none>
pn iio-sensor-proxy <none>
ii power-profiles-daemon 0.30-2
pn switcheroo-control <none>
ii unzip 6.0-29
Versions of packages gnome-shell suggests:
pn gir1.2-malcontent-0 <none>
pn gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 <none>
pn gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 <none>
pn gnome-shell-extension-prefs <none>
Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii adwaita-icon-theme 50.0-2
ii fonts-adwaita 50.0+dfsg-2
ii gnome-session-bin 50.1-3
ii gnome-session-common 50.1-3
ii gnome-settings-daemon 50.1-1
ii xdg-desktop-portal-gnome 50.0-1
ii xwayland 2:24.1.12-1
Versions of packages gnome-session suggests:
ii desktop-base 14.0.0~pre3
pn fonts-cantarell <none>
ii gnome-keyring 50.0-1
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on:
ii gnome-settings-daemon-common 50.1-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 50.1-2
ii libasound2t64 1.2.16.1-1
ii libc6 2.42-17
ii libcanberra0 0.30-20+b1
ii libcolord2 1.4.8-3
ii libcups2t64 2.4.18-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.17.1-5
ii libgck-2-2 4.4.0.1-8+b2
ii libgcr-4-4 4.4.0.1-8+b2
ii libgeoclue-2-0 2.8.1-1
ii libgeocode-glib-2-0 3.26.4-3+b1
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.88.2-1
ii libgnome-desktop-4-2t64 44.5-1
ii libgudev-1.0-0 238-7+b2
ii libgweather-4-0t64 4.4.4-5
ii libmm-glib0 1.24.2-2+b1
ii libnm0 1.56.1-1
ii libnotify4 0.8.8-1+b1
ii libp11-kit0 0.26.4-1
ii libpam-systemd [logind] 261.1-3
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 127-3
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 17.0+dfsg1-2.1+b2
ii libpulse0 17.0+dfsg1-2.1+b2
ii libspa-0.2-bluetooth 1.6.8-1
ii libsystemd0 261.1-3
ii libupower-glib3 1.91.3-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.8.13-1
ii libxfixes3 1:6.0.0-2+b5
ii pipewire-audio 1.6.8-1
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon recommends:
pn iio-sensor-proxy <none>
ii pipewire-audio 1.6.8-1
ii pkexec 127-3
ii systemd-oomd 261.1-3
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+11
Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests:
pn usbguard <none>
Versions of packages gnome-shell is related to:
ii libegl-mesa0 [libegl-vendor] 26.1.5-1
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 26.1.5-1
ii libglx-mesa0 [libglx-vendor] 26.1.5-1
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