missing poweroff option

[Someone uk]

somtimes when i boot ubuntu the power off menu at the top right corner is missing and forces me to resort to "sudo shutdown now", does anyone know what causes this problem?

[mike555]

you should be able to see a "shut down" in System menu .... if not you can add a button by rt. clicking on the top bar and adding to panel .

[Monkeystador]

Does it look like this bug?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/do/+bug/615762

[KdotJ]

To confirm, I have ad this happen too. I also have to "sudo shutdown now"

[McTwitch]

I have this problem as well, though I was not aware of the shutdown now commands. I'd either set it to shut down in a minute, or simply press the power button on my tower, which brings up a menu asking whether you want to shut down, restart, etc.