Can't shutdown

[NoOp]

On 12/11/2010 07:29 PM, Jim Byrnes 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.
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Sounds as if you are getting stuck in a gdm loop. Check your:
 ~/.xsession-errors and ~/.xsession-errors.old
to see if there is anything obvious. And of course check your /var/log/
- dmesg, messages, syslog etc.

Given that you've already determined that you can shut down from the cli
and also the gdm screen, I wonder if it might be an
indicator-applet-session problem. Things you can try:

- right click the indicator-applet-session on your panel and remove it.
(Note: you can add it back afterwards if you wish - I just find it takes
up too much real estate on the panel to use.) Then use 'System|Shut
Down' to see if that works.

- right click the panel and Add the 'Shut Down' applet and see if it
works from there.

And if none of that works...
https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=shutdown+goes+to+logoff
or
<https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=shutdown+goes+to+gdm&field.actions.search=Search>