[PLUG] Xubuntu-9.10 Will Not Exit

Tim Bruce - PLUG timb at tbruce.com
Thu Dec 10 23:55:12 UTC 2009


On Thu, December 10, 2009 13:43, Rich Shepard wrote:
>    Upgrading the Toshiba Satellite from -9.04 to -9.10 fixed the wireless
> connectivity problem. Yea, team! However, now it will not shut down.
> Clicking on the shut-down icon or selecting that option from the
> application
> menu just brings up the login (GDM?) screen again.
>
>    Any ideas how I fix this?
>
> Rich
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Well, if you can't shutdown the system using the icon, open a terminal and
type sudo /sbin/halt

Before you do that, take a look at the log files and see if something
forced it to go to a login screen rather than a halt/reboot.

Tim
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