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After the update neither my desktop (Asus) nor my laptop (HP) respond to the shut-down, log off or restart commands in the right top tool bar.

How do I fix the issue?

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    This is probably a bug.
    – Seth
    Oct 18, 2013 at 23:56
  • I think it is a bug... anyway, you can open a terminal, type sudo shutdown -h now, press enter and put the password. Is this working?
    – Vlad Tarniceru
    Oct 19, 2013 at 10:54
  • Here is a link to the related bug on Launchpad. Please subscribe to the bug and indicate that it affects you, to generate interest in it and be notified of developments.
    – SirCharlo
    Oct 24, 2013 at 14:43

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Had the same problem and found out that even "shutdown" command from terminal didn't help much either.

I am using also Cairo dock and found out that if I try to restart or shutdown from Cairo, it does.

Silly may seems but for me worked.

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  • I too have been using Cairo dock to restart or shutdown ever since I upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10.
    – Sagun Man Singh Shrestha
    Dec 7, 2013 at 13:20
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Same problem after upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10 on an Asus desktop running Unity. The problem occurs only after SUSPEND/RESUME, either manual SUSPEND via the Shutdown menu (upper right corner of screen) or by the System Settings/Power suspend timeout after 30 minutes (current SUSPEND setting).

Starting a terminal session and running 'sudo reboot' or 'sudo shutdown now' takes the O/S into single user mode (I believe). A Control-D continues the process a little further. At that point, a Control-Alt-Delete reboots to the login screen where the Shutdown menu (upper right corner) is once again available to restart or shutdown.

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Works when you press hardware power button. Then menu will be shown and here you can restart, shut down, and suspend

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