F8: gnome panel: shutdown applet: restart does not restart

[wwp]

Hello there,


I noticed that clicking the Shutdown applet in the GNOME panel of my
Fedora 8, then choosing Restart, does return to the GDM graphical login
screen instead of restarting the computer (Dell D810 laptop, up-to-date
packages from official repos).

I presume this is not expected, does anybody reproduce it or have any
clue about the possible problem involved?

A tiny visual issue: when the Shutdown dialog appears (where you choose
Suspend, Hibernate, Restart, etc.), the text "Shut down this system
now?" is drawn with a fat bold font then it's repainted within the next
second (after showing disk activity) in a less big font. Funny :-).


Regards,

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wwp
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