On Wednesday 04 of January 2017 21:50:00 Dave Lers wrote:
> Dave Lers wrote:
> > Leslie Turriff wrote:
> >> 	This countdown timer serves no useful purpose for me, since I'm
> >> the only user of my machine.  How can I turn it off so my logout
> >> completes more quickly?
> >
> > I cannot remember/find anything with a timer. The attached image
> > settings turns my PC off when I click Log Out. With Confirm Logout
> > selected I also have to hit enter (or click an option), but no timer.
>
> ...None of the TDM Session Manager options invoke a logout countdown
> timer. I'm wondering if the OP is using a different display manager,
> e.g. KDM which has such a timer.
>

Here is one possibility - if the user instead of the classic Trinity menu 
uses Kickoff menu, there is a countdown at logout / reboot / shutdown.

To my knowledge, to set delay for logout / reboot / shutdown there are no 
items in the UI. It is necessary to make an entry in the configuration 
file kdeglobals, section General, variables confirmLogoutDelay, 
confirmRebootDelay and confirmShutdownDelay.

Cheers
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Slávek