Re: [trinity-users] Setting up power-off icon

On Monday 29 May 2017 12:41:36 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: I'll worry about this later - I looked and everything seems to be allowed, and I haven't yet got as far as being asked for a password!! I got this far (see below), but it isn't working for various different reasons. Corrections? Anyone? I get an icon (the wrong one!) and the launcher opens up and asks for an application or a URL. (I started with Type=Command, and that was an even deader loss.) I shall cross-post to the Debian list, because I am up against time, but I promise to report solutions! (If I am offered any!) [Desktop Entry] Name=Shut_down Comment=Log out and power off Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/power-button-off_318-42222.jpg Exec=sudo /sbin/poweroff Type=Application Encoding=UTF-8 Terminal=false Categories=No Thanks, Lisi > Test ... but be aware, that the session is not saved! > > Nik > > Am Montag, 29. Mai 2017 schrieb Lisi Reisz: > > I want to set up a large power-off button, with an icon, preferably > > on the desktop but on the panel would do. The ordinarily available > > one will not do because this is for someone with very poor sight > > and the ordinary power-off button is inextricably linked with lock > > screen. Well, I can't extricate it. > > > > I THINK I can manage the three other large icons that are needed on > > the desktop, but this one has stymied me. > > > > I could rephrase the question: how do I produce an icon that, when > > clicked, operates /sbin/poweroff. > > > > Jessie with TDE 14, installed from Slávek's repositories. > > > > Replacing a badly scammed Windows 7! > > > > Help!! > > > > Lisi