For questions regarding shutting down and powering off.
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12.10 wont shut down
I have a brand new Acer Aspire V5 with Windows 7 and 12.10 alongside it. When I shut down 12.10 by clicking on shut down the system restarts, i.e. it shuts right down but instead of powering down it ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 will not shutdown
Just put 13.04 on from 12 and now my pc will not fully power off. ubuntu shuts but psu keeps on going
Any suggestions please?
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low graphics mode error only during shutdown
I'm getting the message "The system is running in low graphics mode. Your screen, graphics card and input device settings could not be detected correctly. You will need to configure these yourself." ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 can't shut down properly
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and after upgrading from 12.04 I'm no longer able to shut down my pc. The system get stuck trying to shut down and I can see the text
"acpid:exiting"
what can I do?
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black screen during shutdown
Good morning.
I'm testing the 13.04 64bit with Gnome-shell 3.6.3.1.
It happens randomly after choosing shutdown of the machine, I receive a black screen "stuck" (no splash screen, no messages). ...
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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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Need to setup email notification when system starts and shutdown
I would like to have the system send me a email notification everrytime the system starts or shuts down.
I am currently running Ubuntu 12.10
I found this tutorial but I couldn't make it to work.
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My PC seems stuck during shutting down. How can I fix this and have it power off?
I was running Ubuntu normally and one time I ran the command startX in my terminal and then my screen became black. So I powered off through the cable then when I reboot, it doesn't log in so I had to ...
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12.10 unexpected shutdown
A week ago I upgraded my system from 12.04 to 12.10 and now I am experiencing unexpected shutdowns. I did not have this problem at 12.04. This happened twice in a week and it takes a while to load my ...
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How to block shutdown in ubuntu 12.04?
Sometime I run maintenance scripts in a machine. I want to temporally block users from been able to shuting-down the system while this task are running. How can I achieve this?
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12.10 shutdown/power-up issue
I have just upgraded to 12.10 on a Shuttle XPC which I use mainly for XBMC and have a problem with shut down/power up. When I shut down from within XBMC the box seems to shut down correctly, but it ...
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Can I set my computer to say ' Shut down ' when I shut it down rather than show GNOME Lines?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 and the first time I shut it down it started showing GNOME lines. I didn't change any settings before and it goes on for a reasonable amount of time. I don't want to use ...
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ubuntu 12.04 cannot be powered off completely
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 recently.
When I try to power off, the hard disk seem to be powered off. However, the computer cannot be powered off completely. The power light and Bluetooth light is ...
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Enabling hibernate in 12.04 stops reboot and shutdown
I enabled hibernate by setting the policy in /var/lib/.../10-vendor.d.
Once I set this field, I was able to hibernate jolly well again, but then the reboot and shutdown went to fast reboot mode and ...
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How to prevent shutdown on certain condition?
Background
I am using rsnapshot to backup my machines to a remote nfs nas device. This is somewhat tricky to use with my laptop since it is not guaranteed to be online at a specific time and for a ...
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How to make XFCE show the Shutdown Menu?
I have installed XFCE on an "Ubuntu Server" (in a Virtual Machine) so I have a small and fast environment. But when I want to log out, I usually (not always) see a gray shutdown and reboot button, but ...
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Logout/Shutdown taking very long, how to find the problem?
Some months now, it's taking very long to logout/shutdown/reboot my ubuntu box.
it doesn't happen with a fresh profile
it still takes ages even when i close all running programs first (foreground ...
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Why can't I poweroff my computer if it isn't connected to a power supply?
When my computer is not plugged in the poweroff function doesn't work. It just boots up after poweroff. Whenever I poweroff by the way of GUI clicking or typing command "poweroff" or "halt" , my ...
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How to upgrade Shutdown dialog just like Ubuntu 13.04 in Ubuntu 12.04?
Is there any way to change the Shutdown / Restart dialog to the more pleasant version running in Ubuntu 13.04's? I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and do not want to upgrade to 13.04. This is for ...
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How to change the default shutting down option
When I press the shutdown button on the PC, the power button on the Laptop or click on the shutdown option on the system menu, the following options appear:
How can I tell the system to change the ...
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Why are there start 'S' symlinks in rc0.d (shutdown) and rc6.d (reboot)?
Start 'S' symlinks in shutdown and restart runlevels?
Why are there 'S00-S99' start symlinks in rc0.d and rc6.d? Ubuntu 13.04 directory listing:
$ ls -l /etc/init.d/rc6.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root ...
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Ubuntu won't shutdown using integrated GPU (Vaio VPCSB)
I have a Sony Vaio VPCSB1D7E (W7 + Ubuntu 12.04). It has hybrid graphics (AMD+Intel). I installed both the AMD Catalyst drivers and the Intel ones. So far, using both graphic cards works fine, but I ...
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Why do CLI and GUI methods for shutting down have different security measures?
CLI option for shutting down the system is
sudo shutdown -h now
This requires the user to give the administrator password, whereas shutting down via GUI doesn't require any password. Why does GUI ...
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Ubuntu doesnt shutdown properly with Intel HD VGA (proprietary driver)
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Vostro 3550 notebook with a AMD Radeon 6630M/Intel HD 3000 hybrid-graphics card.
I recently installed the latest proprietary drivers from the AMD website. Everything ...
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Lubuntu Not Shutting Down, But Restarting
I have Lubuntu 12.10 on an IBM Netvista. For some odd reason, whenever I click "Shut Down" from the logout menu in the taskbar, it goes to the "BOOT: IBM: PRESS F12 TO CHANGE BOOT SETTINGS" screen ...
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scheduled tasks running but have disappeared
I had recently installed gnome-schedule 2.1.1-4 onto my ubuntu 12.10 so that i may be able to schedule a recurrent shutdown on my laptop everyday at 1:55 pm.
After a few days when i didn't need the ...
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Hard shutdown after resuming from suspend
My system will shut down as if power was lost shortly after resume (30-60s) from a suspended state. This of course causes disk issues if anything was being written.
I saw that this issue was ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 neither shuts down nor reboots properly
(HP dv6-6180eg, Intel3000/ATI 6770M)
Although there have been several questions posted about this issue, I'm still not able to find a solution.
FYI, it's not possible to toggle the screen ...
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Awkward shut down
I have a Dell Latitude D830 with just Ubuntu 12.04. Recently after I installed it, the shutdown worked fine. Recently, it has decided to stay on all night, and still be on when I wake up. Help please!
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Workspace Shifter Hot-Keys
I don't know if it's just me, or my installation, but I set F9-F12 for all four of my Ubuntu workspaces, and it works until the 3rd boot up. Every 3 times I turn my Laptop on I have to reset just the ...
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mount/unmount issues while restarting/shutting down (not mounted / is busy)
When restarting or shutting down Ubuntu 12.10 the clean (graphic screen) process is interrupted by the following messages:
* Deactivating swap ... [ OK ]
* mount: /run/lock: not mounted [ fail ]
* ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 does not power off
I'm not able to power off Ubuntu, which was working fine a couple of days ago. When I click shut down, a blank screen appears and stays like that forever. It does not power off by itself and I'm ...
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Weird lines are appearing on shut down
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 because Windows has gone wrong. From the first time I shut Ubuntu down weird text had been appearing then the screen goes off-then shuts down.
Is there any way to get my ...
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Unwanted text at shutdown
When I shut down Ubuntu 12.10 (and sometimes at the startup, too) I can see something like a terminal output.
Under the title "Ubuntu 12.10" there is a text message like, "Asking all remaining ...
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Working with logout dialog box - text error
I am having a problem with the shutdown dialog box for Ubuntu 12.04. If I am logged in as any user and press shutdown, I see the box with the question 'Are you sure..." and its usual options. ...
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intermitent shutdown apparently due to firefox
It is happening with 12.04 (just upgraded my system):
when firefox is open the system may shutdown spontaneously. All jobs stop working, the opening screen appears asking the password as if the ...
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fail to shut down
When shutting down, my desktop freeze after these lines:
nm-dispather.action:caught signal 15,shutting down
nm-dispather.action:could not acquire the org.frcedesktop.nm-dispather service
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Logout, Switch User, Shutdown etc has stopped working in one of the accounts on my PC
It is really very strange.
On my PC running UBUNTU 12.04 LTS is behaving strange since past 15 days.
If I click any of these Logout, Switch User, Shutdown, Restart etc from one user account which ...
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Message “mount: / is busy” on shutdown
I got this message when shutting down Ubuntu 12.04:
"
mount: / is busy
* Will now halt
"
What did it probably relate to? How can I know the name of the program that prevent / from unmounting?
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Computer keeps shutting down half way through installation process
I was trying to help my friend install Ubuntu (tried both 11.04 and 12.04 with the same results) on her computer, and it kept shutting down while installing.
After booting up from the disk, I would ...
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Debug automatic laptop shutdown problem
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop and recently it started getting shutdown automatically while I am using it. I am sure there is no problem with any part getting over heating. Some times it happens ...
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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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Shutdown slow: unknown job s35networking
Since I've upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 from 12.04 LTS, I get this error when I shutdown the pc:
rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8) utility service S35 ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 stuck on shutdown due to bbswitch
I had this problem long ago, but it's the first time it's caused, I think, by bbswitch. First the Ubuntu logo is shown, then I get this :
(the last thing written there is bbswitch: enabling ...
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Why does my toshiba stalellite L300 laptop shutdown suddenly when I am using it?
Why does my toshiba stalellite L300 laptop shutdown suddenly when I am using it?
I have installed ubuntu 13.04 on my laptop, however each time i try to run rvm install 1.9.3 it suddenly shutdown in ...
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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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switch off/suspend time log
How do I find out when my computer went to sleep the last time? Like I woke up now and don't remember when the party finished and music stopped playing yesterday. Is there a log file for that? Issuing ...
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Unmount External HDD when Shutdown
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Touro external HDD because my internal laptop's HDD is breaking down.
Everything runs smoothly but I have one concern. Every time I shut down my laptop, there's ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Shutdown Error
My computer recently ceased to boot Windows 7 after I turned it off one day for a reason that I do not understand, and have not resolved yet. But, Ubuntu was working fine, until today...
Before ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 needs 12 minutes or more to shutdown
I am having Ubuntu 13.04 installed on my laptop. After 20 minutes of using it, and installing like 2 little programms (no big deal) the laptop needs now 14 minutes to shutdown (and it isn't even ...
