Not shutting down.

[gregbzh]

Hello,

Having recently switched from Ubuntu to LinuxMint, I'm a happy customer! I just have one problem are. I can't shut down my computer. I click Log Out, the Shut Down, but nothing happens and I need to manually stop my PC (not good). Has anybody else experienced this problem and is there a solution out there somewhere?

Thanks for any help given.

[caf4926]

What version of Mint
What Desktop

Does it allow a reboot?

Try:

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sudo shutdown now

[gregbzh]

Thanks for the reply. I'm using Mint 14 XFCE and no I can't reboot either. I'll try using the command line.

[zerozero]

are you using EFI boot?
might it be something similar to this viewtopic.php?f=49&t=120482

[mintman112]

Thanks for the reply. I'm using Mint 14 XFCE and no I can't reboot either. I'll try using the command line.

I too have the same problem i dual boot with Bodhi 2.1.0 but when i click reboot in the logout options in linux mint xfce 64bit it doesnt even get to the grub screen it just hangs on the acer screen but if i reboot from bodhi there is no problem.

[gregbzh]

Sorry, you guys have lost me with EFI and BODHI.

[caf4926]

Sorry, you guys have lost me with EFI and BODHI.

They mean UEFI
UEFI is meant as a replacement for the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface


Bodhi is a Linux distro

[gregbzh]

Thanks for the replies. I'm currently using sudo shutdown now which is working, despite being a bit of a pain. Hopefully some bug fix or something will help. Cheers.

[igor83]

Thanks for the replies. I'm currently using sudo shutdown now which is working, despite being a bit of a pain. Hopefully some bug fix or something will help. Cheers.

Merry Christmas.
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1113

[jjaythomas]

sudo shutdown now

Yes I believe you need sudo rights to do a shutdown or reboot. A regular user needs to log-off first and then shutdown/reboot in the greeter.

Easiest way is to give the user sudo rights. (but may have security risks.) Also I believe the new 4.10Xfce log-out properties (on right click icon in panel) has two(2) log-out listed, 1 is the xfce log-out dialog the other a direct log-out.

J.Jay

[gregbzh]

Easily solved. I just added the log out/shutdown button to the taskbar and voila! I no longer need to use a terminal to shutdown. It just seems strange that it would always hang when trying to logout or shutdown from the menu though.

Consider this solved.