10.04 switch off trouble

[Tony Pursell]

On 9 Jun 2010 at 15:25, camuzat.sebastien at free.fr wrote:

> Thanks.
> So, I might give more details of the trouble/bug.
> I did try adding this shut-off button on the panel, and has worked once. After one reboot, this button turns grey, inactive. I can't switch off, and when I switch off from the initial 10.04 menu (right button, upper tray), it only closes the session.
> 
> Terminal command don't work neither :when I type "shutdown -h -P", result is 'delay awaited' or something like this 'temps attendu' in French.
> 
> ....
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> ----- Mail d'origine -----
> De: Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> À: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Envoyé: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:22:45 +0200 (CEST)
> Objet: Re: 10.04 switch off trouble
> 
> On 06/09/2010 02:03 AM, camuzat.sebastien at free.fr wrote:
> > Hi all !
> > I hope I won't post a question that has already been answered...
> >
> > On my Dell D600 laptop I installed Ubuntu 9.10 and it works very fine (except mouse freezes in some cases but that's not the topic of my post).
> >
> > For a try, I also installed the 10.04 version.
> > It also works, except that I cannot switch the computer off, in that version. Mouse over 'switch off' does not do anything. Terminal command is the only way out.
> >    
>      Right click your upper margin and click on "add to panel" and a 
> large panel will open. Go way down to the Shut Down which looks like a 
> round key hole. Install this and you can now quit.
> 
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> > Id like to upgrade another laptop (nx6110 under the brave old gutsy) but i do hesitate now.
> > Any advice ?
> > Sébastien.
> >
> >    
> 
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Try

sudo shutdown -h now

for an immedaite shutdown.  Replace -h with -r for restart.

Tony