the act of stopping & starting a process, or rebooting an entire PC.
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“restart”/“shutdown” processes fails to execute ( 12.04 tls - 64 bit )
This process = used to work after a fresh install and prior to the update of all the applications.
Now - based on information from the /var/log/syslog - it appears there is an issue with ...
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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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Why does doing a restart, not restart?
I press the power button on my laptop, press restart, but my computer only shuts off and doesn't really restart. Is there a way to fix this?
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ubuntu 13.04 only re-starts, does not shut down when unity shutdown button is chosen- no errors
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my PC and am having trouble shutting down. When the right "shut down" button is chosen, the machine will restart. I have tried re-installing Unity, to no avail. I am a ...
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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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Lubuntu's asking password for shutting down
I've Lubuntu 13.04 64 Bit on my Lenovo Y570. System works well but Lubuntu's asking my password when I want to shutdown or restart the computer.
How can i fix it?
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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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Trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 i386 as a VM in VirtualBox, the system crashes upon completion
I followed numerous tutorials to download Ubuntu 13.04, and it continues to crash at the end of the setup. I basically followed this tutorial. I am prompted to restart my computer at the end of the ...
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Randomly rebooting server
I have an older ubuntu server that reboots without help from me. All of the fans are running, and it doesn't seem to be overheating. Below is the output of syslog right before the reboot. As you can ...
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How do you restart unity? I have no menu bars
Yesterday after running my ubuntu HDD in VMware on win7 I found that I had somehow lost unity. Even after actually booting into Ubuntu, unity was GONE. Every answer on the web couldn't bring it back. ...
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Switching off the mouse during suspend? How too?
How can I automatically switch off the mouse, during suspend, so that an accidental brushing of the mouse or table, doesn't result in a restart?
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Ubuntu not booting after installation. (dual boot with win7)
I install Ubuntu along-side with win7 on a separate partition.
Problem: When I choose Ubuntu at the grub menu, Ubuntu not starting just the computer do restart after ~30 secs.
I try to reinstall, ...
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Machine restarts abruptly
I'm running on 12.04.2, and over the last two days, there have been 3 incidences where my computer has re started. No warning message, nothing, it just blanked out and started itself again. Everything ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 does a restart instead of a shutdown
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 on my Dell Latitude D630C.
Now, when I want to shut down the system does shut down but then starts up again immediately. It's like it does a reboot ...
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Unable to shutdown, restart or log out
I have been unable to restart, shutdown, or log out of ubuntu since the release of 12.04. I have upgrade at the time of release for 12.10 and now for 13.04 and have had no change in the situation. On ...
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Laptop randomly stops
After a while, my laptop just shuts down straight away as if you take out the battery. When I restart and sign in, it happens again almost straight after pressing enter to sign in. Then I restart ...
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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 endless reboot
I was using Ubuntu 12.10 without any problem. When Ubuntu 13.04 was released, I formated my disk and installed new Ubuntu 13.04 from USB. Installation process was done, I restarted system, but while ...
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My PC restarts with NO Warning!I am using ubuntu 12.04
My pc restarts automatically, where should I look first for a solution?Thanks
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Ubuntu 12.04 Server install fails, loops to restart
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.2 Server 64bit on an Intel Core 2 Duo PC (2GB RAM).
I can boot from CD or USB-Stick (tried both) and the menu where I can choose to install Ubuntu server appears. ...
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Restart of new 12.04.2 installation in Toshiba Satellite goes to black screen after login
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 and restart goes to black screen after login.
The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite with Celeron processor. Rebooted several times and still no success!
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How to fix a computer that won't restart?
I can't restart my laptop under Ubuntu 12.04 and the screen turns black with no response after clicking the Restart button.
How do I fix it?
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Cannot shutdown or restart using Ubuntu 12.10
I use Ubuntu 12.10 recently installed. Now it cannot shutdown or restart. I remember it was shut-downed or restarted properly a few days ago. Now when I shutdown it, the screen turns to black swiftly ...
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Why does my PC shut down on boot?
Ubuntu 12.04.
So Ubuntu was working perfectly. I wanted to restart (Only because it was lagging a little) my PC, but weridly, it shutdown perfectly, but then didn't do the starting up part. So I ...
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SD-device hidden in Windows 7 after using Ubuntu and restarting laptop
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Thinkpad X230 laptop alongside Windows 7. When I restart the laptop after using Ubuntu, my SD memory card is not recognized by Windows, even after ejecting and ...
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HP Envy 15 keeps restarting instead of installing Ubuntu 12.10 from usb stick
I have set the bios to boot using the usb stick and I can get to a menu that asks if I would like to try Ubuntu or install it. When I choose install, it asks me if I want to install Ubuntu inside of ...
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apache2 won't start
I upgraded from ubuntu 10.04 server to ubuntu 12.04 server and things got messed up. After a while i got things to work. After a new installation of apache2 and mysql and phpmyadmin, apache2 won't ...
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Dropbox keeps having me log back in
Each time I boot up Ubuntu, Dropbox asks me to log back and then tells me that I have linked to this computer before, which I have. I am running Ubuntu 12.10 off of a live USB. Dropbox is the only ...
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How do I reset the network stack as if from a reboot?
Sometimes my netbook (Dell Mini 10v with Broadcom bcm4322 wireless adapter, Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS) gets into a state where it can see wireless connections but not connect to them.
Rebooting always fixes ...
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5answers
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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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1answer
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Session is restarted continuously without request (Ubuntu 11.10)
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 with no problems on my Desktop. Suddenly, there are two weeks, it restart the session without apparent reason. It occurs without any warning and I lose my job. It worked ...
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ubuntu doesn't start up after dual boot installation error: cannot read /dev/sda : input/output error
I had ubuntu working fine until today. I tried to reinstall and got the above message after rebooting. It is a Dual Boot configuration on a windows 7 laptop
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“Shutdown” or “Restart” logs out
While logged in as a sudo user, click the right top power icon, then select and click "Shutdown" menu, it comes up with a dialog asking if I want to close all programs. The dialog has two options: ...
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Have to CTRL+ALT+DEL to get GRUB menu HP Pavilion ze2000 Ubuntu 12.10
I've got a HP Pavilion ze2000 with a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 and after I got my wireless working, (12.10 HP Pavilion ze2000 wireless doesn't work) I'm ready to tackle this GRUB menu issue. ...
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Dell Studio 1569 Cannot Shutdown in Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04
I have not tried a version of Ubuntu prior to 11.10 on my machine.
The laptop will not shut down or restart. Shutting down causes it to pause at "Will now Halt", where upon it sits until the battery ...
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When disabling bluetooth in Ubuntu dual boot then it does not show in Windows 8
I've installed Ubuntu a while ago using WUBI over Windows 8. Whenever I disable bluetooth in Ubuntu and then restart or start normally my laptop in Windows, then I cannot find the bluetooth icon at ...
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How to avoid “Assuming drive cache: write through” message during restart? [closed]
Does anyone know how to avoid message:
Assuming drive cache: write through
Showing up after preforming sudo shutdown -r now.
I restarted remotely but the computer did not restart. And I could ...
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My computer needs two reboots in order to successfully boot into Ubuntu. Please help
So, I have been running Ubuntu for about a month now. I chose to encrypt when I installed, so I am prompted for the password I set when I boot.
My problem is that every time I shut down completely, I ...
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Ubuntu and Thunderbird forget my settings — how can I stop this?
A greenhorn here, so apologies for not spotting a probably simple solution.
Ubuntu Unity sometimes loads with wireless internet switched off.
Thunderbird never remembers basic user settings such as ...
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Read-only file system
The title might not be as descriptive as I would like it to be but couldn't come up with a better one.
My server's file system went into Read-only. And I don't understand why it does so and how to ...
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lost right as administator
I have 12.04 freshly installed in my laptop. Recently I lost my rights as administrator. Hereare the problems:
1. unable to do updates from Update Manager (though no problem if I do it from terminal).
...
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1answer
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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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Can't install Ubuntu 12.10 with USB
I've downloaded the .iso file (ubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso), and then used Unetbootin to make my 16Gb Kingston pendrive a live-USB. Then I restart my notebook (samsung r580) and access the BIOS. I ...
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Ubuntu Random Freeze and then Restart [duplicate]
I'm on the verge of throwing my computer out my window. Ubuntu keeps randomly freezing and restarting itself. When it freezes, I can't move the mouse and it won't respond to any keyboard input. ...
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How to manually restart services affected by apt upgrades?
How can I issue apt upgrades without automatically stopping/starting daemons? I'd like to manually restart services.
To cite a specific example:
I'll revisit a long-running machine and run sudo ...
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Netbeans not working after restarting the computer
I have NetBeans 7.1 installed on Ubuntu 11.10. I had to restart the computer to free up some disk space that had been gobbled up by apache. (apache2/error.log had taken up well over 90% of the disk ...
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1answer
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Unity broken after regular updates
Today I updated Ubuntu 12.04 with the Update Manager as usual. After that I restarted the system as required. When I logged in again the sidebar has only the trash can, the dash button and the switch ...
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Can't shutdown/restart linux
This started yesterday, I'm dual booting win7 and Ubuntu but when I'm shutting down/restarting Ubuntu to switch OS I only get to the log-out screen.
I can turn the computer off with the power button ...
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Computer gave up on life after restart
I am using Ubuntu for a while and I don't have Internet Connection. So I got installed No updates recently. From few days its behaving strangely.I am not sure what actually cause this , either due to ...
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Restart required after sudoers change
I would like to know, why it is required to reboot, to apply the changes, which I made.
I refer to the use of
adduser username sudo
I use Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Server".
