[CS-FSLUG] Christiansource Digest, Vol 64, Issue 7

[Dave & Ella McMullen]

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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Ubuntu won't shut down; and permission problem
>       (Dave & Ella McMullen)
>    2. Re: Ubuntu won't shut down; and permission problem (Davo Smith)
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> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:12:51 -0700 (MST)
> From: "Dave & Ella McMullen" <DavidM at HisFeet.net>
> Subject: [CS-FSLUG] Ubuntu won't shut down; and permission problem

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> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 16:55:11 +0100
> From: Davo Smith <christiansource at davosmith.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Ubuntu won't shut down; and permission problem
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> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Dave & Ella McMullen<DavidM at hisfeet.net>
> wrote:
>> Thanks for your help getting KDE up and running on my Ubuntu
>> installation.
>> I don't know if it is related or not, but now Ubuntu wont shut down
>> completely. It shuts down to a black screen. ?If I do CTRL-ALT-F2, I get
>> a
>> line that says "Login" but won't allow me to log in. ?The only way I can
>> shut it down seems to be with the off switch on the computer. That's my
>> current "big" problem. Any suggestions?
>
> Does 'sudo shutdown -P now' work?
>
> Davo
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Thanks Davo,
       "shutdown" is a new command for me.  It doesn't work in just that
format, but with the "-h" it does (e.g. "sudo shutdown -hP now"
       That at least makes it possible to shut down in an orderly (if
slightly inconvenient) manner.
                                           Dave