How can I safely shutdown/reboot/logout KDE from the command line?

I am not talking about shutdown and reboot commands. I want to initiate the same routine from command line that would be performed if I would press the logout/reboot/shutdown button inside the KDE desktop.

edited Aug 18 '10 at 0:57

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I dont know if you could do that. one of the commands would eventually close the terminal your using to interact with it. Maybe more ideas on why you need to do this? :)

– myusuf3
Aug 10 '10 at 18:51

I need to do this because plasma-desktop is acting up sometimes and I still want to keep the session information that is saved during logout

– txwikinger
Aug 10 '10 at 20:39

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edited Aug 18 '10 at 0:57

Marco Ceppi♦

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txwikinger

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I dont know if you could do that. one of the commands would eventually close the terminal your using to interact with it. Maybe more ideas on why you need to do this? :)

– myusuf3
Aug 10 '10 at 18:51

I need to do this because plasma-desktop is acting up sometimes and I still want to keep the session information that is saved during logout

– txwikinger
Aug 10 '10 at 20:39

add a comment |

edited Aug 18 '10 at 0:57

Marco Ceppi♦

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asked Aug 10 '10 at 18:48

txwikinger

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kde command-line shutdown reboot

edited Aug 18 '10 at 0:57

Marco Ceppi♦

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asked Aug 10 '10 at 18:48

txwikinger

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edited Aug 18 '10 at 0:57

Marco Ceppi♦

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asked Aug 10 '10 at 18:48

txwikinger

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edited Aug 18 '10 at 0:57

Marco Ceppi♦

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edited Aug 18 '10 at 0:57

Marco Ceppi♦

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edited Aug 18 '10 at 0:57

Marco Ceppi♦

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asked Aug 10 '10 at 18:48

txwikinger

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asked Aug 10 '10 at 18:48

txwikinger

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asked Aug 10 '10 at 18:48

txwikinger

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I dont know if you could do that. one of the commands would eventually close the terminal your using to interact with it. Maybe more ideas on why you need to do this? :)

– myusuf3
Aug 10 '10 at 18:51

I need to do this because plasma-desktop is acting up sometimes and I still want to keep the session information that is saved during logout

– txwikinger
Aug 10 '10 at 20:39

add a comment |

I dont know if you could do that. one of the commands would eventually close the terminal your using to interact with it. Maybe more ideas on why you need to do this? :)

– myusuf3
Aug 10 '10 at 18:51

I need to do this because plasma-desktop is acting up sometimes and I still want to keep the session information that is saved during logout

– txwikinger
Aug 10 '10 at 20:39

I dont know if you could do that. one of the commands would eventually close the terminal your using to interact with it. Maybe more ideas on why you need to do this? :)

– myusuf3
Aug 10 '10 at 18:51

I need to do this because plasma-desktop is acting up sometimes and I still want to keep the session information that is saved during logout

– txwikinger
Aug 10 '10 at 20:39

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For kde4:

qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout -1 -1 -1

The three integer parameters are the confirm, sdtype and sdmode arguments to KWorkSpace::requestShutDown. Their values are explained at the top of the page.

edited Jun 16 '17 at 19:33

Oleh Prypin

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answered Aug 10 '10 at 19:51

Gilles

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Gilles' answer helped me as well. Just a small note there: it doesn't work from su. In my case this was part of a command issued using sudo. In that case it doesn't work. Complains Cannot find 'org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout' in object /KSMServer at org.kde.ksmserver. However works very well when run with the regular user ^_^

– user3099609
Feb 10 '14 at 8:29

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For any version of KDE (maybe also GNOME and others):

In KDE Control Center (KDE3.5/trinity) you can set a keyboard shortcut for "halt without confirmation" (should be a complicated one to avoid tragedy, like Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Delete) and then run xvkbd (virtual keyboard):

xvkbd -text 'CSAd'

You can create an alias for this (e.g. kdehalt);

My favourite one: sleep 1h 20m && kdehalt or wget "http://something" ; kdehalt.

edited Oct 2 '15 at 6:16

kos

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answered Oct 24 '11 at 22:56

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So I tried the answer presented by Gilles, but that only works for KDE4.

After a system-update with my graphics, I could no longer log out, reboot, or shutdown. Eventually found this command worked:

qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer logout 0 0 0

My source is from here, where they discuss it a bit more. I'm not sure about he other optoins. Forum topic discussion KDE5 shutdown options. The above command seems to have shutdown my system gracefully. All my programs came back that were expected, in the right layout order, and I did not seem to be missing anything. If this doesn't work, please comment and I will adjust my answer but so far this is all that has worked for a graceful KDE5 shutdown when my is locked. (I obviously could have used the shutdown command or called init, but those aren't graceful.)

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I usually use init command for restart and ... .
I like this command

# Default run level. The run levels are:

#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)

#   1 - Single user mode

#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS 

#   (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)

#   3 - Full multiuser mode

#   4 - unused

#   5 - X11

#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)





sjb@sjb-laptop~$ init 6

answered Aug 10 '10 at 20:01

Sajad Bahmani

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4

This does not shutdown the desktop gracefully

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For kde4:

qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout -1 -1 -1

The three integer parameters are the confirm, sdtype and sdmode arguments to KWorkSpace::requestShutDown. Their values are explained at the top of the page.

edited Jun 16 '17 at 19:33

Oleh Prypin

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answered Aug 10 '10 at 19:51

Gilles

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Gilles' answer helped me as well. Just a small note there: it doesn't work from su. In my case this was part of a command issued using sudo. In that case it doesn't work. Complains Cannot find 'org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout' in object /KSMServer at org.kde.ksmserver. However works very well when run with the regular user ^_^

– user3099609
Feb 10 '14 at 8:29

add a comment |

For kde4:

qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout -1 -1 -1

The three integer parameters are the confirm, sdtype and sdmode arguments to KWorkSpace::requestShutDown. Their values are explained at the top of the page.

edited Jun 16 '17 at 19:33

Oleh Prypin

1,98821829

answered Aug 10 '10 at 19:51

Gilles

45.2k13102141

Gilles' answer helped me as well. Just a small note there: it doesn't work from su. In my case this was part of a command issued using sudo. In that case it doesn't work. Complains Cannot find 'org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout' in object /KSMServer at org.kde.ksmserver. However works very well when run with the regular user ^_^

– user3099609
Feb 10 '14 at 8:29

add a comment |

For kde4:

qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout -1 -1 -1

The three integer parameters are the confirm, sdtype and sdmode arguments to KWorkSpace::requestShutDown. Their values are explained at the top of the page.

edited Jun 16 '17 at 19:33

Oleh Prypin

1,98821829

answered Aug 10 '10 at 19:51

Gilles

45.2k13102141

For kde4:

qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout -1 -1 -1

The three integer parameters are the confirm, sdtype and sdmode arguments to KWorkSpace::requestShutDown. Their values are explained at the top of the page.

edited Jun 16 '17 at 19:33

Oleh Prypin

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answered Aug 10 '10 at 19:51

Gilles

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edited Jun 16 '17 at 19:33

Oleh Prypin

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edited Jun 16 '17 at 19:33

Oleh Prypin

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edited Jun 16 '17 at 19:33

Oleh Prypin

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answered Aug 10 '10 at 19:51

Gilles

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answered Aug 10 '10 at 19:51

Gilles

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answered Aug 10 '10 at 19:51

Gilles

45.2k13102141

Gilles' answer helped me as well. Just a small note there: it doesn't work from su. In my case this was part of a command issued using sudo. In that case it doesn't work. Complains Cannot find 'org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout' in object /KSMServer at org.kde.ksmserver. However works very well when run with the regular user ^_^

– user3099609
Feb 10 '14 at 8:29

add a comment |

Gilles' answer helped me as well. Just a small note there: it doesn't work from su. In my case this was part of a command issued using sudo. In that case it doesn't work. Complains Cannot find 'org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout' in object /KSMServer at org.kde.ksmserver. However works very well when run with the regular user ^_^

– user3099609
Feb 10 '14 at 8:29

Gilles' answer helped me as well. Just a small note there: it doesn't work from su. In my case this was part of a command issued using sudo. In that case it doesn't work. Complains Cannot find 'org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout' in object /KSMServer at org.kde.ksmserver. However works very well when run with the regular user ^_^

– user3099609
Feb 10 '14 at 8:29

add a comment |

For any version of KDE (maybe also GNOME and others):

xvkbd -text 'CSAd'

You can create an alias for this (e.g. kdehalt);

My favourite one: sleep 1h 20m && kdehalt or wget "http://something" ; kdehalt.

edited Oct 2 '15 at 6:16

kos

25.8k871121

answered Oct 24 '11 at 22:56

Zdeněk Válek

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add a comment |

For any version of KDE (maybe also GNOME and others):

xvkbd -text 'CSAd'

You can create an alias for this (e.g. kdehalt);

My favourite one: sleep 1h 20m && kdehalt or wget "http://something" ; kdehalt.

edited Oct 2 '15 at 6:16

kos

25.8k871121

answered Oct 24 '11 at 22:56

Zdeněk Válek

311

add a comment |

For any version of KDE (maybe also GNOME and others):

xvkbd -text 'CSAd'

You can create an alias for this (e.g. kdehalt);

My favourite one: sleep 1h 20m && kdehalt or wget "http://something" ; kdehalt.

edited Oct 2 '15 at 6:16

kos

25.8k871121

answered Oct 24 '11 at 22:56

Zdeněk Válek

311

For any version of KDE (maybe also GNOME and others):

xvkbd -text 'CSAd'

You can create an alias for this (e.g. kdehalt);

My favourite one: sleep 1h 20m && kdehalt or wget "http://something" ; kdehalt.

edited Oct 2 '15 at 6:16

kos

25.8k871121

answered Oct 24 '11 at 22:56

Zdeněk Válek

311

edited Oct 2 '15 at 6:16

kos

25.8k871121

edited Oct 2 '15 at 6:16

kos

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edited Oct 2 '15 at 6:16

kos

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answered Oct 24 '11 at 22:56

Zdeněk Válek

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answered Oct 24 '11 at 22:56

Zdeněk Válek

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answered Oct 24 '11 at 22:56

Zdeněk Válek

311

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So I tried the answer presented by Gilles, but that only works for KDE4.

After a system-update with my graphics, I could no longer log out, reboot, or shutdown. Eventually found this command worked:

qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer logout 0 0 0

answered 3 hours ago

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So I tried the answer presented by Gilles, but that only works for KDE4.

After a system-update with my graphics, I could no longer log out, reboot, or shutdown. Eventually found this command worked:

qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer logout 0 0 0

answered 3 hours ago

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So I tried the answer presented by Gilles, but that only works for KDE4.

After a system-update with my graphics, I could no longer log out, reboot, or shutdown. Eventually found this command worked:

qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer logout 0 0 0

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So I tried the answer presented by Gilles, but that only works for KDE4.

After a system-update with my graphics, I could no longer log out, reboot, or shutdown. Eventually found this command worked:

qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer logout 0 0 0

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I usually use init command for restart and ... .
I like this command

# Default run level. The run levels are:

#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)

#   1 - Single user mode

#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS 

#   (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)

#   3 - Full multiuser mode

#   4 - unused

#   5 - X11

#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)





sjb@sjb-laptop~$ init 6

answered Aug 10 '10 at 20:01

Sajad Bahmani

822922

4

This does not shutdown the desktop gracefully

– txwikinger
Aug 10 '10 at 20:40

add a comment |

I usually use init command for restart and ... .
I like this command

# Default run level. The run levels are:

#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)

#   1 - Single user mode

#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS 

#   (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)

#   3 - Full multiuser mode

#   4 - unused

#   5 - X11

#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)





sjb@sjb-laptop~$ init 6

answered Aug 10 '10 at 20:01

Sajad Bahmani

822922

4

This does not shutdown the desktop gracefully

– txwikinger
Aug 10 '10 at 20:40

add a comment |

I usually use init command for restart and ... .
I like this command

# Default run level. The run levels are:

#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)

#   1 - Single user mode

#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS 

#   (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)

#   3 - Full multiuser mode

#   4 - unused

#   5 - X11

#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)





sjb@sjb-laptop~$ init 6

answered Aug 10 '10 at 20:01

Sajad Bahmani

822922

I usually use init command for restart and ... .
I like this command

# Default run level. The run levels are:

#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)

#   1 - Single user mode

#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS 

#   (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)

#   3 - Full multiuser mode

#   4 - unused

#   5 - X11

#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)





sjb@sjb-laptop~$ init 6

answered Aug 10 '10 at 20:01

Sajad Bahmani

822922

answered Aug 10 '10 at 20:01

Sajad Bahmani

822922

answered Aug 10 '10 at 20:01

Sajad Bahmani

822922

answered Aug 10 '10 at 20:01

Sajad Bahmani

822922

4

This does not shutdown the desktop gracefully

– txwikinger
Aug 10 '10 at 20:40

add a comment |

4

This does not shutdown the desktop gracefully

– txwikinger
Aug 10 '10 at 20:40

This does not shutdown the desktop gracefully

– txwikinger
Aug 10 '10 at 20:40

add a comment |

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