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can't shut down computer

Asked by sciencequeen

When I go to the top bar and click on the icon of the computer, and click on "Shut down..." it logs me out instead. I've tried this a few times, and even clicked on the little power button icon in the log in screen which also brought up "Shut down..." but that was completely not responsive.

I don't know how to try the commands from the terminal. I don't know how to login as root, even though I know I can because I'm the only user of my computer.

Thanks.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please try to shutdown using a terminal so open a terminal and type:

shutdown -h now

please tell if it works

Then please tell us the brand and model of your pc...

Then also consider to upgrade your pc bios...

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sciencequeen (stephanie-hendy) said : 		#2

It doesn't work but only because it says I need to be root. (Which is what I stated above I don't know how to do, but I know that I can login as root).

I don't know how to tell you what my computer is. It was assembled for me by a friend and I don't know the terminal commands to tell you.

I don't think I need to upgrade my pc bios. I can't see why I would need to do that all of a sudden. My computer's not that old...I only got it in January.

I'm pretty sure it's just Ubuntu being whacked and I lack the command knowledge to fix it myself.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

so please try to shutdown using a terminal so open a terminal and type:

sudo shutdown -h now

please tell if it works

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