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this is my first time using Ubuntu 14.04 version.

I'm not sure what I've done, but I can't shut down my laptop. But if I log in as the guest, then it will shut down if I press the button and I'm not getting used to terminal. How can I solve the problem?

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    Please be specific with your question. Something like what happened instead of shutdown (black screen, nothing happened), how you shutting down your laptop, after what event (download software, edit file, or so) this happened, etc. Cheers.
    – Abdillah
    Jun 21, 2014 at 1:34
  • Do you use cairo-dock?
    – sameermw
    Jul 17, 2014 at 9:01

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A general (and hard) way to shutdown your computer is

  • Press Ctrl+Alt+T for showing terminal
  • Type sudo shutdown -h now and press Enter
  • Type in your password (if prompted) press Enter again
  • Wait sometime
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  • What happen if I always shutdown the pc with this command ?
    – Nullpointer
    Dec 27, 2016 at 5:31
  • If you've succeed using this command, then it has no side-effect as far as I experienced. But, be aware of any unsaved work you have. Better closing all programs first.
    – Abdillah
    Dec 27, 2016 at 7:17