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I have a Dell Inspiron 5559 running both Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 10. When I try to shut down the computer from Ubuntu by clicking the shutdown option, the screen becomes blank and remains in that state. I have too forcefully shutfown the laptop using the power button. Also, logging out or putting the computer to sleep by closing the lid generates the same problem.

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  • Try sudo shutdown -h now from a terminal and see if the machine powers off that way. Jul 11, 2016 at 4:35

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Try to change the line in /etc/default/grub

Type this command on your terminal

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=off"

and then just update your grub settings by typing

sudo grub-update

You won't see the results right away because even after updating the grub configuration this is reloaded only on a new restart so the first time you shut down it will behave exactly as before.

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