Questions related to restarting Ubuntu machines.
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Start the same “sessions” after shutdown
Many times it happen I got several terms & app sessions opened, while I just have to quick shutdown the machine to move away in another building.
Is there a way, when I next boot the laptop, to ...
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Is it possible to reboot Live CD powered computer?
I'm now discovering Ubuntu 11.04 to check that its good with my hardware. I need to install some additional stuff and then make reboot. Problem is that I use Live CD (or is it called Live USB if its ...
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Recognize new harddisk after hibernate wakeup
I hibernated my computer (suspend to disk) and added a new SATA disk. After resuming, my Ubuntu 10.10 does not recognize the new disk (while the BIOS did when starting up).
How can I get my machine ...
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Can't restart or power off on an Asus 2400 [closed]
Computer Asus 2400 does not turn off or restart in 11.04, and display the wallpaper without anything more and do not respond the turn off button of the computer (the system is configured to start turn ...
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Allow shutdown/restart if logged in another terminal [closed]
I have Natty installed.
How to allow shutdown/restart if another user is logged in another terminal, for example using CTRL-ALT-F1?
I've tried to add the following lines in /etc/sudoers:
user ...
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HP Pavilion dv6 can't shutdown or reboot [closed]
Ubuntu 11.04 with HP Pavilion can't shutdown or reboot.
I am old linux user, been using linux for years, this is the first time in encounter this issue ever with many Linux distros on the same ...
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why is rtkit-daemon eating 100% of my CPU?
I sometimes have an rtkit-daemon process eating 100% of my CPU and making the system unresponsive. I reboot and things are fine after that. What is rtkit-daemon supposed to do and why would it be ...
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Survive hard reboot
I have Ubuntu running on a computer that is going to be part of a public exhibition. The problem is that the power is shut down each night and restarted in the morning.
My question is what I can do ...
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Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed [closed]
Beginner here,
I am trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop, 64bit. Whenever I attempt to boot Ubuntu, it goes through a bunch of random lines of code and ends with "Fixing recursive fault but ...
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Ubuntu restarts randomly [closed]
Since I updated to 11.04 my Computer seems to restart randomly. The screen goes black, sometimes it comes back If I move the mouse or press a key on the keyboard (but maybe that was just coincidence) ...
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Why does my computer turn off and reboot every half hour?
After updating to Ubuntu 11.04 my computer started to turn off and reboot. This happens about every half hour, I think there is a tendency for it to happen when I work with multiple applications at ...
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Unable to shutdown, only reboot
Ever since I upgraded to 11.04, I have been unable to shutdown my computer.
I tried using :
shutdown now, poweroff, and halt. But they don't work! The only one that does is reboot.
Here is the ...
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Reading logs after I've had to hard reboot
I have a VGA to S-Video converter which I use to watch movies on the TV from my laptop, but after I've plugged it the laptop starts freezing whenever I try to suspend it or hibernate it. Can I read ...
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BIOS Warning after installing Natty Narwhal [closed]
I have a system running Windows - works perfectly.
I decided to install Natty Narwhal on a separate hard disk (disconnected all other hard disks). After installing Ubuntu, I see the following message ...
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Cannot restart, reboot, nor shutdown Ubuntu 11.04
I cannot restart, reboot or shut-down my PC using Natty.
Whenever I hit shut-down, restart or in terminal sudo reboot it shows a black screen.
If I should press down the power button for while, it ...
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Reopen A Python File Where It Left Off After Restarting
I am creating a quick python3 program and at one part the server will need to be restarted. The thing is, that is not the end of the what the python file is supposed to do. Is there a way to make it ...
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Why does Ubuntu need to reboot so often?
Ubuntu seems to require a reboot after almost every apt update, even those that do not include a new kernel version. Why?
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“System restart required” flag, who sets it and why? How to read it? [duplicate]
When you log into Ubuntu (10.04 in my case), you get to see this notice saying:
*** System restart required ***
Now, I'm wondering what system component sets it and why it gets set? Using ksplice ...
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Problem after auto-mount using pysdm
I wanted to auto-mount my ntfs drives on boot time, so I went through this article to do so using pysdm.
I followed this article auto-mount-your-ntfs-partition-in-ubuntu.
But when I tried to ...
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Restart problem after installing graphical card driver
My laptop is Lenovo T400, running Ubuntu 10.10.
My problem: I just run jockey-gtk and installed ATI/AMD
proprietary FGLRX graphics driver.
But after reboot, there is a short
period of graphical ...
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Why does my system boot so slowly?
I installed Ubuntu 10.10 a few days ago. It is really awesome but the problem is that it takes unusually long time (about 20 minutes) for the login screen to appear after the Ubuntu startup screen. ...
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How can I tell what package requires a reboot of my system?
I have unattended-upgrade set up on my Ubuntu systems. Occasionally I will log in remotely to one of them and I'll see a message informing me that I need to reboot the system (in order to complete ...
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New computer hangs on shutdown/reboot, how to troubleshoot?
My system is working perfectly but it freezes during shutdown/reboot/suspend/hibernate: All windows and the menu bar disappear but the desktop wallpaper remains. It doesn't even show the shutdown ...
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How to reboot using an updated kernel with kexec?
Is it possible to reload the kernel using kexec after a kernel upgrade without doing a complete reboot?
The Ubuntu wiki RapidReboot page explains how to perform that using init.d commads, any fast way ...
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Can multiple reboots fix any problems?
Maybe I'm wrong but more than once it happened to me that some problems suddenly got fixed after a number of turn-on/turn-off cycles.
I also read somewhere that this was even recommended in some ...
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My notebook won't boot into Ubuntu
I've been trying to install Ubuntu on my Samsung R510 notebook. It's not working. There must be a hardware incompatibility, because every time I try to boot into the installer, the system will reboot ...
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How to reboot into Windows from Ubuntu?
I'm looking for a way to reboot into Windows from Ubuntu on a 10.10/Vista dual boot system. The specific use case is that I would like to be able to ssh into my running Ubuntu instance and issue a ...
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Why won't my linux computers recognize a restarted router without a reboot themselves?
It seems every Linux machine I've ever worked on, when the router was restarted, the computer required a reboot too. All the Windows machines rejoined the network just fine. Why won't my Linux ...
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Can't reboot netbook with any of the reboot parameters [closed]
I have a Sony VPCW218AG netbook that I've dual-booted with Ubuntu 10.10. Unlike the preinstalled Windows 7, Ubuntu will not reboot on this computer. Rebooting from Gnome, using the reboot command and ...
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Reboot without sudoer privileges?
I've been trying to get my ubuntu restart without having to edit the sudoers.
This has been possible before (in lucid I think) using a dbus command:
dbus-send –system –print-reply ...
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How can I schedule a nightly reboot?
I'm having some periodic issues running a particular application, XBMC. If I use XBMC regularly I don't seem to have any issues but if I leave it unattended for more than about 12 hours I need to ...
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Alt + sysrq + REISUB doesn't reboot my laptop
On occasion my laptop has become stuck so I've used the magic key combination of Alt + SysRq + REISUB to perform a safe reboot. However, it doesn't seem to work for me as when I press the B key to ...
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Automatic kernel reload after Update
I have been managing a Ubuntu Server 8.04 for quite some time now. On top of it I am running a VMWare Server Edition, which needs to recompile it's modules whenever a new kernel is installed. For that ...
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Can I call the GNOME restart confirmation prompt from the command line?
When I click --> Restart, the following prompt appears:
Can I cause this to appear from the command line?
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connecting a SSH tunnel on reboot?
How can i reestablish a Tunnel if my localhost goes down?
i have 2 machines, Remotehost and localhost, on my localhost im running autossh to keep the tunnel alive in case of network problems.
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Add some default text to Ctrl-Alt-F1 console to remind myself how to reboot properly
I do know there are questions and good answers, what to do if Ubuntu just hangs (like this one: http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes). My problem is that ...
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How do I use REISUB with an Apple slim aluminum keyboard?
I'm using the Apple slim aluminum keyboard, which doesn't have the SysRq key:
What key(s) should I press for the magic SysRq key when I need to type REISUB?
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How can I safely shutdown/reboot/logout KDE from the command line?
I am not talking about shutdown and reboot commands. I want to initiate the same routine from command line that would be performed if I would press the logout/reboot/shutdown button inside the KDE ...
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How can I tell, from the command line, whether the machine requires a reboot?
When you install certain updates (e.g. a new kernel) in Ubuntu Desktop, you get an indication that a reboot is required (in Lucid, the logout icon turns red).
How can I check, from the command line, ...
