Questions related to restarting Ubuntu machines.
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Ubuntu will not restart fully
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on one of my hard drives: /dev/sdc I created a swap area partition (2 gigs) and two 250 gig partitions for root and /home respectively. Installation went flawlessly but ...
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Upstart job doesn't die correctly
I'm making a simple upstart daemon.
Following the Upstart documentation[1] I make the conf script:
description "Super Daemon"
author "Bastian Baltasar Bux"
start on started dbus
stop on runlevel ...
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Ubuntu One: can you shutdown your computer when syncing is in process?
I just installed ubuntu 12.04 on my other laptop. I logged into my ubuntu one account and it starts syncing files that I stored from my other laptop. However the files are too big and the syncing ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 freezes at reboot
I just moved from Windows 7 to Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Acer Aspire E1-471G laptop, the hardware is listed below:
CPU: Ivy Bridge i3-3110M
Graphics: NVIDIA GT 630M & Intel HD4000
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Can no longer access ubuntu 12.04 after a remote reboot using putty
I recently setup a ubuntu 12.04 server. I need to be able to remotely adminsiter it because it will soon be moved to another data center, possibly out of state. I'm currently using Putty to ssh to the ...
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How to disable OpenVPN from autostarting at boot-up or reboot?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, 64-bit, OpenVPN client 2.3.1
How do I prevent OpenVPN from autostarting at boot-up or reboot?
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Trouble with Ubuntu 8.04 (the system reboot automatically) [closed]
this is my first question and i don`t have a large experience in ubuntu and i hope you could help me.
I`m working at a tech-shop and yesterday came a client with a laptop toshiba satellite with ...
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Precise boots up with 60% brightness and says it's 100%
Sometimes when I boot my Acer Aspire One D257, the brightness goes to around 60%. That wouldn't be an issue because I could of just execute "xbacklight -set 100" at start-up, but that's not the ...
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13.04 sudo reboot now is not working instead ends up in run level 1
Hi After a recent update to packages on to 13.04 (i.e. this has recently manifested) I now have 5 different systems which will all fail to reboot using sudo reboot now this will result in them being ...
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Wireless connections “Device not ready (firmware missing)” 12.04
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on an old Dell laptop and have been for the last few weeks. Up until now, wireless has functioned fine; however, I got this message after rebooting today.
The computer froze ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 hangs on reboot (shutdown works fine)
I have Ubuntu 13.04 on a Lenovo Thinkpad SL510. Since upgrading to 13.04, the computer hangs on the Ubuntu loading screen (the changing white and orange dots) when rebooting. Turning on and off ...
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system stuck while reboot/shutdown
some body help pls. ive searched damn a lot and read other similar questions.
i have ubuntu 13.04 64bit on Dell inspiron n5110. it crashes when i when rebooting or shutting down. happens very ...
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Laptop reboot when I want to shut down [duplicate]
I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge e130 with Ubuntu 13.04.
I don't know why, but when I try to shut down my laptop, it happens really often that the computer restarts. Does someone has the same issue ?
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using logitech k400 wireless keyboard to switch from W7 to ubuntu
I just downloaded ubuntu 12.04 but I can't figure out how to get it open. I don't have a wired keyboard, just a logitech k400 wireless which works great with my copy of windows 7 and I have found ...
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Can't install Ubuntu 12.10, keeps restarting
I've installed it in the flash usb with the Linux installer.
The notebook detects and boot on ubuntu, but before being able to choose the language, after the "keyboard = ubuntu" logo, it just ...
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Shutting down or Re-starting 12.04
How can I force Ubuntu to close down or reboot after clicking the restart option. At the moment, the screen has Ubuntu and four dots changing from white to orange. The HD light isn't flashing so it ...
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i recently upgraded from ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 and now my laptop keep flickering on the log on screen
dell inspiron n5010. after my upgrade last week at random times my machine will restart and the log on screen will continue to restart not allowing me to log in. the only workaround i have come up ...
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Nasty Ubuntu problem, possibly a virus
I'm not sure how much background to give. If it's too much or too little, I'll edit the post later.
(Also, it seems that bug-report questions - possibly including this one - might not get answered ...
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Shut down acts as restart?
I've installed Ubuntu (almost all latest versions), when my Acer Aspire V5-471 is want to shutdown from Ubuntu, it acts as restart/reboot. Refer to edit 2 for releases tried and edit 1 for tried ...
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An error occurred while mounting ext3 [closed]
I was trying to install Oracle 11gR2 Express Edition. When I reboot computer I am getting this message "An error occurred while mounting ext3".
$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 shutdown hangs in Asus A3500E [closed]
On reboot or shutdown, in a old Asus A3500E notebook, with a fresh Ubuntu 13.04 install, the process hangs and shows the messages:
"acpid: exiting"
"speech-dispatcher disabled; edit ...
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12.04.2 Install/reboot problem
I downloaded 12.04.2 LTS and burned the iso to dvd, dropped it into the dvd drive then restarted my computer. Everything worked fine and the install process went thru without any errors UNTIL it got ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 not rebooting after hard shutdown. Cannot access BIOS
Ubuntu 12.10 not rebooting after hard shutdown.
After I suspended my laptop, I tried to wake it up but it did not, when I pressed any of its keys. So I did a forced shutdown. Now I am not able to ...
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ubuntu live-usb doesn't save settings
When I boot my laptop using my live-usb, and then change the settings (e.g. desktop wallpaper) and then reboot, the settings go back to default. How do I make the live-usb save the settings?
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Ubuntu 12.10 will not shutdown/reboot. How could I solve this?
Ubuntu 12.10 will not shutdown or restart, even by using terminal commands such as:
sudo shutdown -r now, init 0, halt, etc.
I have noticed one thing, that whenever I reinstall NVIDIA drivers, the ...
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On shutdown, computer reboots when started via wake on lan
Here's the situation:
I start my main computer from another pc via wake on lan "wakeonlan ". All works fine. When I'm done doing what I did, I run "sudo shutdown -h now" (in the ssh terminal in ...
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New installation 12.10 on HP d530 gets stuck on red screen
I installed ubuntu 12.10 on a HP d530 machine and after a successful install the reboot gets stuck on a reddish screen witch i thinks is pre gnome.
I think it has to do something with the graphics ...
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Laptop suddenly rebooted
My laptop has rebooted suddenly without any warnings, but it has closed all programms, and killed all processes as if it was me who send it in reboot.
The question is - where in logs can I see what ...
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Wallpaper settings via nitrogren are lost after rebooting?
I use nitrogen to set a different wallpaper for each monitor. It requires disabling of the Nautilus desktop, but works great. Until I reboot...at which point the settings are lost and I go back to ...
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How to determine if installing updates will require a reboot?
I have some Ubuntu Server machines which I'd like to keep up-to-date, but not always if it requires a reboot.
Is there a way to tell if pending package updates require a reboot BEFORE installing the ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 won't save display settings after reboot . How do I fix this?
When I mean display settings I mean desktop backgrounds or icons that I removed from the Unity launcher. It just goes back to the default every reboot. The only thing it did save is the theme that I ...
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How to fix black screen of Ubuntu after I on my laptop?
I am using Compaq Pressario CQ40. While I was trying to fix the problem of touchpad, I opened up /etc/X11/xorg.conf and typed the commands:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad"
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Launch program in screen after reboot
I am running several headless Ubuntu 12.04 boxes. My typical usage involves logging into each machine via a putty session and executing a script using screen.
After logging in via putty, I execute ...
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Can I remote reboot my D-link 320 NAS?
At home in the UK I have a D-Link ShareCentre (DNS320) and I'm in Venezuela at the moment. I have been using it fine for a while (accessing web GUI, etc) but today I an unable to login. I'm getting ...
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Cursors can't move when login in Ubuntu 12.10 [closed]
When i login Cursors can't move, the i reboot it. After reboot it cursors cant move again.
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ubuntu is not able to start up with Bluetooth error
I used to have dual system on my laptop windows 7 and ubuntu. when I add a SSD to my laptop I decide to install windows8 and ubuntu in my new SSD. I format the old partions, one for windows 7 and one ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Keeps rebooting randomly
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 using the 'Installing Ubuntu with the Windows installer' (wubi) feature on the www.ubuntu.com to install it on my computer. My computer is a ASUS with 6 ggs for ram and ...
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Ubuntu Doesn't Shutdown/reboot
Well, I have an issue when I try to shutdown or reboot my computer. It doesn't shutdown or reboot :(. when I press shutdown or reboot button, computer goes to Ubuntu logo but shutdown or reboot ...
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Asking all remaining processes to terminate… fail
Ubuntu 12.10 64 bits with Unity.
When I restart or shutdown the PC, it takes too long to do it.
It shows the line Asking all remaining processes to terminate... [fail] and after Killing all remaining ...
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Laptop hangs when restarting
When issuing a reboot from Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 (Linux kernel 3.5), the laptop hangs for about 1m30s on the "Restarting System" line of the shutdown output. This only happens when I have a second drive ...
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Repeating Error: invalid environment block. Press any key to continue
During start up I get
Error: invalid environment block. Press any key to continue...
I have done the steps of the first answer from the following link
Error: invalid environment block. Press any ...
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How to read shutdown/reboot log
I own a laptop running 12.10 with Gnome 3.6 (installed on a SSD). I have been noticing since 12.04 that when rebooting, the computer hangs for about 30 seconds (sometimes even more) with a black ...
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Should I always restart the system when I see “System restart required”?
These two nice SE posts (1, 2) comment on restarting one's ubuntu machine but they leave me with a few questions:
How do you actually do the restart (I'm a beginner and using 12.04.1 LTS)?
Should I ...
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Ubuntu will not boot after a hard shutdown
I did a clean install of Ubuntu 12 several months back on Toshiba Satellite laptop and have had no problems. System was up to date working great.
A couple days ago I tried the suspend option instead ...
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Problem in installing Ubuntu 12.10 on Samsung Notebook.
Everyone, I'm a new comer to Ubuntu.
Recently, I downloaded the Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 (64 bit) ISO file. After verifying that the file is not damaged or corrupted, I install it on a 4 GB Sandisk pen ...
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Simplest way to make a command run after system reboot
I have a server which exists to run one little Django application. If the server reboots, I want Django to start again:
nohup /opt/myapp/manage.py runserver ...
I'm having trouble finding a simple ...
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Failed rebooting ubuntu 12.10 after installation in VirtualBox
I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 i386 with the latest VirtualBox on windows 8 x64 pro sony vaio vpcf11e1r. At the end of installation I waited for about 10 minutes observing the system is going down ...
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what command do I put into the boot menu to completely erase ebuntu10.10/edubuntu
I have been searching the net for hours and trying everything this is very frustrating i have a boot dvdto install once i have deleted ubuntu
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rebooting problem ubuntu 12.10
so i have unbuntu 12.10 and i have two big problems:
first one is everytime i turn on my laptop with ubuntu there is a message that appears for a really sort time saying :no wilbur
what does that mean ...
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After changing password, Ubuntu won't recognize any password [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I reset a lost administrative password?
I wanted to change my password and tried to do so in the system settings, but when I clicked the button Change, the ...
