Questions related to restarting Ubuntu machines.
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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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Why do I get a blue screen after interrupting upgrade to 12.04 with a power-off?
I've turned off my laptop while the update manager was installing ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Now when I try to boot into ubuntu the screen is only in blue and I can do nothing execpt to turn it off. Is there ...
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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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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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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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Safely close virtualbox machine on host reboot
I'm running Windows 7 inside Virtualbox on Ubuntu 11.10. Everything works fine. I'm running it at startup, but I have a problem with rebooting.
When I type sudo reboot now the state of the virtual ...
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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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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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Why do I get a reboot instead of a shutdown?
After two days of installation, strangely my Ubuntu machine is restarting instead of shutdown from both desktop GUI and command line.
sudo shutdown -h now
sudo halt (doesn't shutdown, instead freezes ...
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`shutdown -r now` command completely shutting down instead of restarting
Hi we've just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS onto a new server. It's on a SuperMicro X9SCA-f Motherboard .
Now we're aiming to locate this in a remote server room - however when we execute a shutdown -r ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.04 not shutting down properly
When I shutdown or reboot my Ubuntu 12.04 it doesn't ever finish shutting down.
I end up stuck on a black/blank screen and have to hold the power button to shut it down.
Does anyone know where I can ...
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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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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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An error occurred while mounting ext3
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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Problems with 12.10. Can't find menu.lst in /boot/grub
I have Asus 1225N and I've installed Ubuntu 12.10 but I have 2 major problems:
Sometimes when I restart the system after boot my touchpad and keyboard don't work and I must reset 3 or 4 times
When ...
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After rebooting the keyboard does not work [closed]
I wanted to set the wood on the video card but! I am tormented day and now I see the light load of firewood but the computer crashed. After the reboot is such a picture and nothing is pressed. Who ...
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12.04 Server only boots in Recovery
Linux/Ubuntu rookie here, so please be patient, and thank you in advance for any help!
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 Server 32-bit on my old Dell Dimension E310. When I boot it up, it takes me to ...
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How to successfully restart a network without reboot?
When I am using Ubuntu, sometimes the network goes down and there is no option to bring back the wired network. There is always option for wireless, but no option for wired network. In such case I try ...
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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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How do I restart /shutdown from a terminal?
How to shutdown the Ubuntu installed system and restart it by using terminal ?
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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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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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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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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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Resume from suspend occasionally causes a restart
Occasionally my pc wont resume from suspend (to ram) properly.
Instead of the expected "resume" the pc just does a normal boot.
My biggest problem is that I have no clue where to look for that ...
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How to move icons in the Unity Launcher permanently, i.e. it survives a reboot
There are plenty of answered questions regarding this subject but how on earth can icons be moved permanently so that after the next boot they are where they were left? Some icons to programs I use a ...
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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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Ubuntu installation does not respond after rebooting
I installed Ubuntu and after completing the steps at the website and rebooting my computer shows a menu to choose between Ubuntu and windows 7.
When I choose Ubuntu it shows that it is completing ...
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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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My notebook can't poweroff normally on battery
Ubuntu 12.04 is installed on my notebook. All the things work normally, but the poweroff function. If my notebook isn't connected to power, it will boot on after poweroff by either I click Power Off ...
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Touchpad stops working after restart on a Compaq Presario CQ-40 324la
The touchpad worked correctly after the first reboot after installation, but then, without making any changes on system, restarting again, the touchpad was totally disabled.
I'm working on a laptop ...
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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 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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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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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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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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“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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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 ...
