Questions related to restarting Ubuntu machines.
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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, ...
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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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Stuck on reboot and shutdown
I've recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I love it. However I have one problem- I am unable to shutdown or reboot properly.
When I shutdown my laptop (Acer Aspire 5560) it hangs on the 5 dots and ...
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Where is the restart option?
I just did a fresh install of 11.10 and noticed that the restart option is missing.
Is there a way I can put it or turn this option on?
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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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I can't shut down nor reboot without console
After update from 11.04 to 11.10 an wired conduct appears in my machine:
Shutdown GUI methods (including reboot) cause only a log off, and in the login screen, shutdown nor reboot options do anything ...
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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 do I restart /shutdown from a terminal?
How to shutdown the Ubuntu installed system and restart it by using terminal ?
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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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“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 ...
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Is reboot the same as init 6?
Is reboot the same as init 6 for ubuntu?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on Amazon EC2. When ssh'ed into the box I can type runlevel and I get:
N 2
Looking at man reboot I see that:
When called with ...
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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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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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`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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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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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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Warm reboot directly to Grub
Is it possible to warm-reboot Linux, directly reloading GRUB without passing through the BIOS? I have a computer whose BIOS is buggy and takes a while due to its hating my disks so if I can reboot ...
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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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Scheduling a reboot on a remotely located Ubuntu server
I work on a ubuntu server located in a place where I don't usually go. I use ssh over openvpn to access it. The machine has multiple wired interfaces, many static routes and multiple default gateways ...
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How can I choose which OS grub will reboot me into—before I reboot?
LILO had a simple feature that allowed one to select the boot menu entry that should be used on the next reboot while in Linux, thus one could select the OS to be booted into on shutdown and didn't ...
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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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“Restart to complete updates” message remains after reboot
No matter how many times I restart my computer I keep getting this message "Restart to complete updates".
Can you please suggest what to look for and how to fix the problem?
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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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How to disable Grub's menu from showing up after failed boot
I am performing a test in which I hard-reboot a machine with Ubuntu during its boot sequence (just before login prompt appears).
After the reboot, GRUB's menu shows up with no timeout (not its ...
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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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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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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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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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How can I make a specific set of iptables rules permanent?
Is there a "best practice" or standard to make a few iptables rules permanent? I mean: automatically applied upon a system reboot?
I am using a VPS with Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx).
Thank ...
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Why does rebooting with control alt delete not require superuser privileges
When you press Control Alt Delete in a Terminal, your system reboots. This does not prompt for authentication to reboot. However, running sudo reboot does require authentication as a sudoer to ...
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Permanently change keyboard layout
I am using Xmonad and LXDE, so I don't want to use gnome-settings-daemon. But there is a problem - without it I cannot switch into or type in Cyrillics. I found some temporary solution - when I enter ...
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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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How do I reboot from the recovery console?
I run Ubuntu in a virtual machine and I've managed to reset my password in recovery mode, by editing the parameters according to these instructions on Superuser.com. Summarizing my steps:
I changed ...
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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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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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Sony Vaio FW350 reboots instead of waking up after sleep/suspend
After I suspend and try to wake up my laptop it just automatically reboots every time. I had this problem in 11.04, but it happened occasionaly. Now I'm with 11.10 and it occurs every time.
It is a ...
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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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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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Can I set Ubuntu 12.10 to automatically reboot to Windows once only?
Is there some way when I'm in Ubuntu 12.10 that I can set it to reboot automatically to Windows just once, so that when I'm in Windows I can reboot and it will automatically boot back into Ubuntu? I ...
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How do I force a secure reboot?
When my Ubuntu freezes, is there a way to force reboot other than to hit the hardware reset button on my computer in order to ensure as best as possible that I don't corrupt any hard drive partition?
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use setpci to restart ubuntu server after power failure on macbook
I installed ubuntu server 11.10 on my macbook 1,1.
In order to reboot after power failure I have to set a specific "AFTERG3" bit using setpci.
The solution for a macMini can be found here:
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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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Lenovo X220 reboots instead of shutting down
When I push the shutdown button in the shutdown dialog my notebook (Lenovo X220) does a restart instead.
I also tried running the "sudo shutdown -P now" from command line -> same result!
Before ...
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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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Computer seems to be frozen during reboot after installation. How long should the reboot take?
I'm attempting to dual-boot my laptop with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10. Everything to my knowledge has gone perfectly, up until now. The installation was success. Consequently, the computer began the ...
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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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On 10.04 Lucid, how can I add a script to startup to run as another user?
On 10.04 Lucid, how can I add a script to run at startup as another user?
Will I add a script someplace like /etc/init.d/myscript ? Or is it better to put it in the cron file for root as @reboot and ...
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When you run `update-rc.d myscript default` - what is called on startup/shutdown?
What gets called on startup/shutdown when you run update-rc.d myscript default?
Docs seem fuzzy, I want concrete. I am guessing that this happens:
At startup (specifically at entry to runlevel 2, ...
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Dell Laptop won't shutdown / restart by itself
I recently upgraded to ubuntu 11.10 64-bit on my Dell Studio 1569. Before this I ran ubuntu 11.04 64-bit.
Every time I shutdown, or restart it goes through the usual processes, and shows no error
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