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For example there is no logout button:

Screenshot user menu

If I log in with the guest session, everything seems to be fine (there is a log out button). I tried to remove my whole user directory and create an empty one, but the problem remains.

I am running Gnome Shell 3.4 using the PPAs ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 and ppa:ricotz/testing as described in this answer. I disabled all shell extensions and restarted the computer, but the problem remains.

Another difference between my user and the guest user I noticed: when I close the last window on the current workspace, the activitiy overview appears. This annoying beheviour seems to be disabled for the guest user.

I'm thinking to switch to Debian. I try to get 12.04 running with Gnome Shell since 2 days now...

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  • Why did you use those repositories? You shouldn't need them in 12.04 – jplatte May 16 '12 at 06:40
  • @jP_wanN The linked answer says "a lot of the 3.4 packages will be installed by default minus a few that will be kept at 3.2 for stability reasons". Well, yeah, that does not say that it is a good idea to use these packages, but with 3.2 the extensions weren't working well. – lumbric May 16 '12 at 14:44
  • I installed it through the official repositories and it works perfectly. You should always try the stable packages from the official repositorys first. Try removing the ppas with ppa-purge and reinstalling gnome-shell through the official repositories. – jplatte May 17 '12 at 09:32
  • @jP_wanN Ok, I'll try to do that - thanks! Maybe I'll just give it a another try with a fresh installation. Actually I think I was wrong when I though I'd need the new gnome shell version 3.4. – lumbric May 17 '12 at 09:39

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A reinstall (with the same home directory) without the mentioned repositories solved the problem. I don't know why I thought I'd need newer versions.

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Did you try creating a new user account and selectively moving your files from the old account in to the new one? If not, try that. Let me know how it goes!

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  • I did not want to mess up my passwd file and get in trouble with different UIDs, but thanks for your help! – lumbric May 17 '12 at 11:54
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Hi i used too the ricotz gnome shell ppa, i use synapse launcher to log out session, because the new versions not comming with this option yet. synapse works to logout. i don' t miss log out option in user menu. ( sorry my bad english :P )

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