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[Lonnie Lee Best <1403293@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My intent, in reporting this bug, is not to find a work-around for me
specifically, but is to propose a default behavior for the masses. We
want to maximize the user-friendliness to a brand new user of Ubuntu
Unity, without harming the work-flow of a seasoned professional.

This proposal is intended as a usability completeness, in keeping with
the goal of achieving tasks via the Unity Dash.

The designers of the Unity Dash, have taken great effort to allow new
users (and old) to achieve numerous tasks by hitting the super key and
typing a short phrase. They've designed several scopes allowing a user
find almost anything on their computer (and even scopes that search for
things on the internet).

So, it seems unusual to me, that (out of all the things you can do with
the dash) you cannot search and find such fundamental task as : logout,
reboot, suspend, or shutdown.

I'm proposing additions to the *default* dash lookup scope, that not
only make these tasks available (via the dash), but also activate the
corresponding alias-phrases mentioned previously:

  - Reboot ("restart" is another good alias for this)
  - Shutdown (other intuitive aliases: "shut down", "turn off")
  - logout (aliases: "log out", "log off" and "logoff")
  - suspend/hibernate

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Title:
  Unity Dash can't understand "logout", "reboot", or "shutdown"

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in Unity:
  Incomplete
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  In their efforts to make the Unity Dash the "goto place for everything
  you want to do", the developers have over looked 3 fundamental tasks
  that a user might intuitively try to achieve with the unity dash:

    - Reboot ("restart" is another good alias for this)
    - Shutdown (other intuitive aliases: "shut down", "turn off")
    - logout (aliases: "log out", "log off" and "logoff")

  I realize that the gear-icon-menu is the intended method for achieving
  such tasks, but consider this:

  That menu is not intuitively accessible via the keyboard. Try to access it without your mouse! It might be possible, but if so, it is not intuitive. I realized this today, when I encountered a bug where my mouse-cursor did not appear after logging in to the Unity Desktop:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1403287

  Additionally, ctrl-alt-delete doesn't provide a reboot option:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1403289

  There are clearly circumstances where it would be very nice to reboot
  or shutdown your computer via the dash. As a matter of fact, I think
  it would be my preferred method of achieving these task if it were
  available. Instead of mousing to the gear menu (and clicking a menu
  option), I would much rather hit the super key and type "reboot" or
  "restart".

  Granted, I could achieve this via Unity Alt-key menu, or by hitting
  ctrl-alt-T, but you have to type "sudo reboot" (and enter your dang
  password) to achieve this. I'd rather go the gear-icon-method than be
  required to type my password!

  Therefore, this unity-dash method I'm proposing would be a nice
  compromise. And, from an intuitive perspective, its simply an
  oversight (everyone has ignored) that should have been there all
  along, respectfully.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity 7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
  .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
   NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  331.113  Mon Dec  1 21:08:13 PST 2014
   GCC version:  gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:

  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Dec 16 21:31:36 2014
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  GraphicsCard:
   NVIDIA Corporation GT216M [GeForce GT 230M] [10de:0a28] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:7001]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-23 (23 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-43-generic root=UUID=8b3cc691-0444-4efd-8504-0ae5dd9ba3eb ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 05/31/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: F.25
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: 7001
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.board.version: 35.35
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.25:bd05/31/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv8NotebookPC:pvr0499220000241210001040000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn7001:rvr35.35:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC
  dmi.product.version: 0499220000241210001040000
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.5
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.3
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Tue Dec 16 20:55:06 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:

  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.5

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