Starting with Gnome 2.6, it does not work to define a logout keyboard shortcut. I can define a key in Desktop_Preferences/Keyboard_Shortcuts, but it does not cause logout. *Something* happens when you push the key: the panel blinks and the CPU maxes out for a bit. I don't know what it's trying to do. This worked in Gnome 2.4 (using acme to define a logout key).
still a problem ?
Yes.
reproduced, posted upstream http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150666 .
patch available upstream
Okay, for reference we need to apply two patches: control-center: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141472 metacity: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141472 Will do this now.
err, metacity: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150669
Fixed with control-center-2.8.1-r1 and metacity-2.8.6-r1.