Can't shutdown

[Pongo A. Pan]

On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 08:14 -0600, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> Colin Law wrote:
> > On 12 December 2010 03:29, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>  wrote:
> >> I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and seem to be stuck in an endless loop where I
> >> can't shutdown the computer.  I click on the shutdown symbol in the top
> >> tray and select shutdown from the drop down menu.  I get the shutdown
> >> confirmation dialog and select OK and the screen blanks.  Then a dialog
> >> appears asking if I want to log in as my username or other.  I then end
> >> up back on the desktop.
> >>
> >> How can I correct this so I don't have to simply use the power switch?
> >
> > Don't know why the problem might be occurring but once you get back to
> > the login page there should be a power off button at the bottom of the
> > screen, which may then allow you to power down.
> >
> 
> Thanks, I never noticed that it was even there. I tried it but the login 
> dialog just remained on the screen.  Patton's terminal solution worked 
> for me, so I must have had a GUI problem.

Jim, are you running the Open Office quickstarter?  It is useful but
sporadically makes it impossible to shut down here from GNOME unless I
kill it first.

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pongo