Difficult Shut Down

[NoOp]

On 03/29/2008 10:56 AM, Tony Arnold wrote:
> 
> Jim Smith wrote:

>>>
>> In a terminal, try "sudo shutdown now -h" to stop or "sudo shutdown now
>> -r" toreboot.
> 
> Or even just "sudo reboot" to reboot or "sudo poweroff" to stop and
> switch off!
> 
> Tony.

He fixed it:

>> > 
>> > Try:
>> > System|Administration|Login window - Local(tab) - check to see if "Show
>> > Actions  menu" is checked.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
> 
> 
> I looked and found that was where I was looking at the startup menu
> screens and such....   not sure how it happened, but the "Show Actions
> Menu" was indeed UNchecked....   
> 
> Thank you very much for your help.

You can easily test by turning the "Show Actions menu" on and off :-)