the act of stopping & starting a process, or rebooting an entire PC.
24
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3answers
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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 ...
21
votes
7answers
1k views
17
votes
1answer
1k views
Did they forget about the 'Restart' button, or was it just not important?
Seriously, from the top-right corner button, I have Logout, Suspend, Hibernate & Shutdown but shockingly no Restart.
What happened to the Restart button?
15
votes
6answers
33k views
How do I restart an Unity session from the terminal?
The command for restarting Gnome2 is:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
What is the equivalent for Unity?
11
votes
3answers
991 views
How resilient is Ubuntu to repeated “power-off” shutdowns?
My company is considering the use of Ubuntu as an OS for use on a hardware device.
It would be installed on compact flash drive - apparently this is not standard flash drive but a specific type of ...
11
votes
4answers
5k views
“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: ...
11
votes
3answers
1k views
Shutdown logs out instead of shutting down
Many times (not all the time) when I want to shutdown or restart, the computer does not shutdown but goes to the screen for changing the user. I am the only user of my computer. So I had to ...
10
votes
1answer
6k views
“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 ...
8
votes
3answers
8k views
Restart Only GUI Session Or Restart Only Operating System?
Is It possible In Linux to restart only gui session or os ( i m not talking about restarting pc )
back in windows 98 if u want to restart the gui session or only os u just need to hold down shift ...
8
votes
1answer
473 views
power menu does not have shutdown and restart
I have Ubuntu 11.04 and I works perfect.
I do not know what happened but for no reason the logout, restart and shutdown options disappeared from power menu.
I did restart it more than one time ...
8
votes
4answers
324 views
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 ...
7
votes
1answer
247 views
ALT+SysRq+REISUB hangs at “resetting” (without actually resetting/restarting)
I'm trying Alt + SysRq + REISUB to see how it would be used to restart my system safely in case of emergency.
However, I find that Alt + SysRq + REISUB hangs at "resetting" (without actually ...
5
votes
2answers
2k views
Unable to shutdown/restart/hibernate
After I installed ubuntu 11.04, it wont shutdown nor restart, it just freeze, and I have to hold the power button in order to turn off my netbook. (It also happens on livecd)
Can anyone tell me the ...
5
votes
2answers
848 views
How to suppress or disable the shutdown option from indicator menu or shutdown dialog?
My goal is to allow user only to restart the system, and deny any shutdown (suspend, hibernate). I am running unity-2d.
I 've managed to deny suspend and hibernate with polkit policy files like ...
5
votes
1answer
420 views
Is there a way set my resolution to 1600x1200 without a monitor plugged in?
I know how to modify xorg.conf and get it to start at about 1024x768, but I can't get it to start at 1600x1200. It is quite an inconvenience to have to go and manually start them up each time. We ...
5
votes
3answers
1k views
Shutdown / restart does not complete [closed]
Sometimes when I try to shut-down or restart, I get an error saying:
A program is still running: Unknown Not Responding
It gives three choices
Lock Screen
Cancel
Reboot anyway (or Shutdown Anyway)
...
4
votes
4answers
1k views
How to restart every 30 minutes automatically?
I would like to schedule a restart of my Ubuntu every 30 minutes. Is there any command or a graphical way to do it?
4
votes
4answers
23k views
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 ...
4
votes
3answers
222 views
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 ...
4
votes
3answers
588 views
shutdown -P works, but shutdown -r does not
I have a headless Ubuntu Server 11.04 box. If I use:
sudo shutdown -P now
It works every time. However, if I instead want to simply restart the machine:
sudo shutdown -r now
It fails to do so. ...
4
votes
6answers
1k views
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 ...
3
votes
2answers
385 views
Why does Ubuntu still require restart after kernel updates when tools out there mean it's unnecessary?
A regular occurrence in updating Ubuntu is kernel updates, which require a restart. There are applications which negate the need for a restart after a kernel update e.g. ksplice.
Why doesn't Ubuntu ...
3
votes
1answer
3k views
Kubuntu 12.10 Shortcut to Restart X Server?
I have just upgraded from Kubuntu 12.04 to 12.10.
Until now, I was using AltGr+PrintScreen+K key combination to restart the X Server.
After the last upgrade this shortcut doesn't work anymore.
Do ...
3
votes
3answers
2k views
How to set keyboard combination to kill the X server?
It used to be ctrl+alt+backspace to kill x server, but for some unknown reason, it was decided to disable that combination and use something else (I think it is right alt + printscreen +k).
So, how ...
3
votes
3answers
5k views
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 ...
3
votes
3answers
2k views
Laptop USB ports stop working: how to restart them without restarting the PC? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
USB slots stop working suddenly from time to time
The usb ports of my laptop fail for some reason from time to time. This concerns apparently mainly the external mouse ...
3
votes
3answers
8k views
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 ...
3
votes
2answers
266 views
Mysql not working after apache2 reinstall?
Earlier I had a problem that had to do with .htacess files but I got that fixed but in the process I thought it would be good to re install Apache2. That fixed all web server problems, but when I ...
3
votes
1answer
514 views
How do I get “restart” option in the system menu in Gnome Classic?
I previously asked a similar question about Unity, but now I'm using (and sticking with) Gnome Classic.
There is this drop down menu in the top right corner of the Gnome panel:
When you press ...
3
votes
0answers
196 views
My Ubuntu shortcuts arent persistent
I changed the shortcuts, for moving Windows to left/right/up/down workspace from SHIFT+STRG+ALT+... to STRG+SUPER+ALT+... and after I did so everything works how it should. But after a restart ...
3
votes
2answers
107 views
How to avoid upgrade restart
How can I avoid having to restart after an upgrade?
I usually lock kernel upgrades as well as all libc packages. However, from time to time, after an upgrade I still am requested to reboot so that ...
3
votes
0answers
50 views
UNKNOWN process when ending user session [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find out which “Unknown” program is still running and preventing shutdown?
This process sometimes shows up when shutting down and it never ends in ...
2
votes
2answers
821 views
What's the difference between “restart X” and “/etc/init.d/X restart”?
I normally use this command to restart my daemons(e.g. vsftpd):
$sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
Early today I noticed it said that I can try restart(8) utility. I did:
$sudo restart vsftpd
It ...
2
votes
1answer
6k views
Ubuntu 11.10 not starting in Graphical mode?
I am in deep trouble. I am using Ubuntu 11.10 in dual boot mode with XP.
Originally my touch pad was not working, (sometimes). To fix that, I installed something. After reboot my Ubuntu is not ...
2
votes
1answer
3k views
can not restart samba
I installed samba sudo apt-get install samba.
then I made configuration but when i write :
sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
message appears " command not found "
and when I write ls /etc/init.d I ...
2
votes
2answers
814 views
Remote reboot over ssh does not restart [duplicate]
I would like to remotely reboot my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server via ssh. I do sudo reboot and I loose connection and the server connection does not reappear. It does not ping.
When I go the the physical ...
2
votes
1answer
886 views
Why am I unable to restart or shutdown my computer from the LightDM login screen? [closed]
I'm not sure whether this is a bug (in which case I'll submit a report) or I'm doing something silly!
My problem is that I cannot restart or shutdown my computer from the LightDM login screen, this ...
2
votes
5answers
69 views
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 ...
2
votes
4answers
2k views
Cannot reboot or even shutdown my ubuntu
I use ubuntu 11.10.
I recently installed gnome shell. The problem I'm facing is that i'm not able to restart or shutdown from ubuntu. I clicked on restart or shutdown button and nothing happens. Just ...
2
votes
3answers
4k views
How can I add the 'shutdown' and 'restart' buttons in favorites in Gnome Shell?
I recently switched from Unity (Ubuntu 11.10) to the Gnome Shell. It took some tweaking to have it all to my liking, but one thing keeps bothering me: I cannot find the 'shutdown' and 'restart' ...
2
votes
1answer
780 views
How to fix desktop reloading during logout/shutdown/restart after upgrading to 11.10?
Since I've upgraded my system to Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), I'm facing a strange problem each time I logout/shutdown/restart :
As usual, Unity's launcher, global menu, desktop items and desktop ...
2
votes
1answer
545 views
Not Possible to install on an Asus A8N - SLI Premium
Ive got a big big problem, and now im already tired of waiting for the next
distribution.
Since 10.04 was released, Im not able to install it on my Computer in the normal way!
Everytime I boot from ...
2
votes
1answer
344 views
Dual monitors - Shifted pixels
The resolution looks fine size-wise, but pixels are smudged. This is mostly visible on thin writing, as if pixels were slightly shifted out of the intended grid. It always renders like that on one of ...
2
votes
1answer
434 views
HDD does not mount when restarting
I have two external HDD attached to my PC which start normally when I turn on the PC. When I restart (after an update for example) one of the two drives does not mount, always the same drive. It has ...
2
votes
0answers
77 views
Ubuntu restarts nightly at 12:00 EST. Why?
Title says it all really.
But every night, unless I'm actively using it, my computer restarts, and every time, at midnight. I was wondering if their is anything I can do to stop it, or to find out ...
2
votes
1answer
111 views
Selecting ubuntu 12.04 restarts my HP 540 laptop
Every time I select Ubuntu 12.04 when booting my HP 540 laptop, the machine restarts. How can I fix this, so I can successfully boot my Ubuntu system?
2
votes
0answers
896 views
Ubuntu 12.04 has experienced an internal error [closed]
After updating Samba I am getting this error when logged in as a user. Does not occur as root. The details window runs unity-support-test but never stops. What is the error?
2
votes
0answers
284 views
STANDBY/SUSPEND TO RAM does not work - ASUS EeePC wakes up immediately
I'm using 12.04 on a ASUS 1201 EeePC.
Hibernation works well after re-enabling (thanks for that post!), but the SUSPEND mode does not persist.
After switching the Netbook off it is awaking immediately ...
2
votes
2answers
582 views
After suspend, my laptop restarts instead of waking up
My laptop is Vaio VPCF11M1E
UBUNTU 10.10 64bit
After being in suspend state i press the power button to wake up, but it restarts the machine.
And a clear ubuntu is coming up.
But hibernating works.
...
2
votes
2answers
739 views
What do these Unity errors mean and why are they showing up? [closed]
Unity has just crashed and the following is displayed when I try to restart it by running the command unity:
Initializing bailer options...done
Initializing detection options...done
Initializing ...
