This is what I get in the terminal. I can only restart the computer using the normal way offered by the operating system. Does anyone know a solution [Captura desde 2026-04-25 15-06-48]

For anyone else frustrated by this, there is thankfully a gsetting to disable the inhibition feature as a temporary workaround. [image] tab: add logout inhibitor when we have a foreground process (!123) · Merge... Closes: #475 After running gsettings set org…

[image] Mart Gellert: I can only restart the computer using the normal way offered by the operating system. What exactly does that mean? For a desktop user it may mean the icon used to restart the PC. For a desktop terminal user it may mean using sudo reboot or sudo shutdown -r For someon…

That looks like a feature, but some may consider that a bug. This “feature” is also found in other distributions that use gnome. See How to identify a GNOME application that acquired an inhibitor lock gnome-session-b prevents restart/sleep <a name="p-497030-poweroffreboot-doesnt-work-in-gnome-when-an-inhibitor-httpsdiscussionfedoraprojectorgttalk-poweroff-reboot-doesn-t-work-in-gnome-when-an-inhibitor-is-held148688-1" class="anchor" href="#p-497030-poweroffreboot-doesnt-work-in-gnome-when-an-inhibitor-httpsdiscussionfedoraprojectorgttalk-poweroff-reboot-doesn-t-work-in-gnome-when-an-inhibitor-is-held148688-1" aria-label="Heading link"> Poweroff/reboot doesn’t work in GNOME, when an inhibito…

I mean the icon used to restart the PC

Thank you. I’ll read it I’ve been using Fedora for many years and this is the first time it’s happened to me. It’s something related to Fedora 44

[image] Mart Gellert: Thank you. I’ll read it Also see <a name="p-497041-poweroffreboot-doesnt-work-in-gnome-when-an-inhibitor-is-heldhttpsdiscussionfedoraprojectorgtpoweroff-reboot-doesnt-work-in-gnome-when-an-inhibitor-is-held148592-1" class="anchor" href="#p-497041-poweroffreboot-doesnt-work-in-gnome-when-an-inhibitor-is-heldhttpsdiscussionfedoraprojectorgtpoweroff-reboot-doesnt-work-in-gnome-when-an-inhibitor-is-held148592-1" aria-label="Heading link"> Poweroff/reboot doesn’t work in GNOME, when an inhibitor is held

The command recommended in the error message - systemctl reboot -i - should work in this situation. The inhibitor behaviour itself isn’t new in Fedora 44, but there’s been some changes to what things hold inhibitors and when. Some are intended, some seem to be a bit buggy, we are looking at some of…

This is a new “feature” in Ptyxis: [image] Session inhibitors are confusing and also break sudo workflows (#573) · Issues... You can chime in in the bug report, and use a different terminal emulator until it is fixed.

Carl, you’re a saviour! Thank you!

I can't reboot using the terminal in Fedora 44 Beta

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kparal (Kamil Páral) April 27, 2026, 6:44am 12

This is a new “feature” in Ptyxis:

You can chime in in the bug report, and use a different terminal emulator until it is fixed.

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