raspberrypi
Raspberry Pi Window Menus dont work
When coming in via vnc (tightvnc) the menu items
Preferences>Configure Raspberry Pi
don't work without adding -AE to the sudo command. This ensures the sudo command remembers the USER is authorized
Additionally the "Shutdown, Reboot, Logout" menu item at the bottom of the menus doesn't work. I suspect the same problem here.
I've just tried this - with the inbuilt RealVNC server running on the Pi and connecting from RealVNC client on a Mac, the Raspberry Pi Configuration app works correctly for me - the app launches, and functions requiring sudo all work as desired.
I cannot connect from TightVNC to the Pi at all - the TightVNC client reports that it does not support any of the security options offered from the Pi server.
When you say that the menu item doesn't work, what does it fail to do for you? How are you able to connect via TightVNC? And can you please try connecting with RealVNC and see if you still have the problem?
OK, I can repeat the problem - it only seems to happen if there is no local X session running with TightVNC. I'll change the relevant desktop files.
Also - even in the same TIghtVNC environment which does show the problem with desktop files, I cannot repeat the issue you mention with the shutdown helper. The "shutdown" and "reboot" options both work as intended; the only one which doesn't work is "exit to command line", which is meaningless in the context of a remote desktop session anyway; all that does is to crash the desktop, which is pretty much what I'd expect it to do...