Linux Lite 2.4 won't log out...Live CD or installed

[gold_finger]

Unless I am mistaken, this is an LL-specific issue. As that, this needs to be looked at by someone...

I actually don't think it's an LL specific thing.  I have vague recollections of seeing this type of thing on Mint forums before.  I never really paid that much attention to it, but it did stick in my head that people had better luck using the "Action Buttons" on panel rather than normal shutdown.  Why?  I have no idea and I really wasn't expecting much when I threw that suggestion out here for this thread.  Apparently it does make a difference.  There must be some confluence of circumstances that causes this problem every once and a while for certain people, since it seems to be pretty rare.  My guess is that for some reason certain hardware setups don't react as expected to the code for shutting down written into the Menu shutdown button; but do work from the code written for the Action Button -- which, presumably must be slightly different (otherwise you'd expect that to fail too).  All purely a guess on my part though.  I could be completely wrong.

Hi GoldFinger,
Yes that worked for me. However I don't have a small action button on the panel but a large-ish square on the desktop with my name on. But clicking on it does indeed log me out correctly. I suppose the next question is: can I superimpose it on or even replace the official shutdown button with it? Also is there any way I can resize it? But these are just minor details really.

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

That's very strange!  I have no idea how the button ended up on the desktop instead of the panel.  Try following steps again to add it to the panel.  If it works, then just delete the one on the desktop.