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12 questions linked to/from Stuck on reboot and shutdown
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Why do I get a reboot instead of a shutdown?
After two days of installation, strangely my Ubuntu machine is restarting instead of shutdown from both desktop GUI and command line.
sudo shutdown -h now
sudo halt # (doesn't shutdown, instead ...
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Ubuntu 16 reboots seconds after shutdown
I've just updated my ubuntu 15 to ubuntu 16. Now, every time I shutdown, the computer reboots after a few seconds! I've already googled for solutions but nothing worked.
My computer is a HP probook ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 stuck at "reboot: Restarting System"
I know this has been asked multiple times before, but most of these threads don't have an answer. I tried user62664's solution here and ran sudo update-grub successfully, but nothing changed. This ...
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Unable to shutdown Ubuntu 12.04
I just have installed Ubuntu 12.04 64 bits just few days ago, and everything is ok, but just some times when I tray to shutdown the system just freezes for a long time, and I have to force the ...
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12.04 reboots rather than shutting down
I have a ruvo with a fresh installation of 12.04. When I try and shutdown the computer reboots. Until I upgraded (by doing a fresh install) I ran it with Ubuntu 10.04 and I didn't have this issue.
I ...
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Latest compiz update for 16.04 breaks desktop + LUKS login
I just upgraded to the latest update for compiz and other packages, but that resulted in me not having access to a desktop at all! (can only see background and cairo dock).
I figured it was unity/...
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shutdown gets stuck on splash screen
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS on my old laptop, Dual boot with Windows XP.
Laptop specs:
Gateway MX6128, 2GB Ram, 32 bit
I am completely NEW to Linux... never used it in my life but giving ...
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Ubuntu restarts on shutdown/hibernation commands, instead of shutdown
Friends, Whenever I am going to shutdown/hibernate my Ubuntu PC its restarting after completing their process. Mean to say if press shutdown button its shutdown properly and switch off the display but ...
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Infinite Shutdown (vanilla Ubuntu 16.04)
Specs
So whenever I either shutdown or restart Ubuntu, it goes on forever. At least, I've left it 10+ mins and it shouldn't be taking that long so I'm assuming that leaving it for hours wouldn't give ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 not shut down
Ubuntu 14.04 not shutdown/reboot on Acer laptop(with UEFI) after clicking by the button. If I type in the console -sudo shutdown -h now or -sudo reboot I can't shutting down my laptop. I always got ...
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Ubuntu doesn't shutdown, just reboots
I use ubuntu 16.04 on my laptop Hp Pavillion x360 11"
The problem is when I click the shutdown option, both Reboot and Shutdown options apeear, but whichever one I choose, my pc just reboots and I'm ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Precise only reboots does not SHUT-DOWN [duplicate]
Okay here's the question:
Ubuntu 12.04 Precise will not shut-down it just Reboots again!
Its as simple as that. I have tried every command out there and not a single one
of these commands works in ...