[Bug (maybe)] Cant shut down the computer

[SpiffBB]

Hello
If I shut down the computer inside XBMC I get to the desktop. In settings I have tried both quit and shutdown but they only give me the desktop, not shuting down the computer.

PS Im running Kubuntu, i understand that it may be so that Kubuntu isnt supported as Ubuntu so maybe some Ubuntu user can confirm the bug or tell if its working in Ubuntu.

[jmarshall]

Which skin are you using? It's up to the skin to choose the appropriate function.

[topfs2]

XBMC By default is sending shutdown signals to gnome-powermanager which isn't available on KDE (Kubuntu). This was faulty implemented as I thought the same signals would work on the general powermanager. So since were in a feature freeze the new way isn't enabled by default.
To make a long story short.
You have 2 choices:
add advancedsettings.xml in .xbmc/userdata/ containing this:
<advancedsettings>
<systempowermanagement>true</systempowermanagement>
<advancedsettings>
or start xbmc with --standalone
xbmc --standalone
Worth to note is that standalone will do a bunch of other stuff aswell, ie default to fullscreen and take away quit as default behaviour (really take it away, you can't even set it, might change this though)
also standalone will mount any removable media automaticly.

So whichever suits you best :D

Hopefully this work for you.
Cheers

[SpiffBB]

Thanks! Will try next week and report back. By the way, tried with PM3HD and MediaStream skin.

[sylvio2000]

I have the same problem in XP. Is there anything I can do?

In windows I cant find a file named advancedsettings.xml.
Starting it with --standalone does nothing.

What can I do?


edit:
I found the solution. In the settings of XBMC there is an option what XBMC shall do to shutdown/save energy. There you can define what to do.