Gee! These Aren't Roasted!
I have just installed Kubuntu 11.10
I am not too familiar with the KDE interface
But it seems to be running fairly well
The problem I'm having is that it will not shut down
The screen goes to black and then freezes
Does anyone know how to fix this problem
Norm
Ubuntu addict and loving it
At what point does it freeze like this? Do you still have a cursor on the screen (and if so, can you move it?), or has it managed to get as far as the shutting-down splash screen?
If you hit Ctrl+Alt+F1, do you get a textual login prompt? If nothing at all happens, does it work if you hit Alt+SysRq+R and then try the first key combo again?
If it works, try Ctrl+Alt+F2, Ctrl+Alt+F3 etc all the way up to F8. Is there at any point any messages listed about the progress of the shutdown procedure?
If you get to the textual login prompt through Ctrl+Alt+F1, can you type anything or is it deaf to input? If you can, log in normally and type dmesg. Is there anything of interest output at the end? Like, errors, warnings.
If you find nothing at all, try sudo shutdown now. That really should get it all rolling.
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Just one comment: Ctrl-Alt-F7 will bring you to the desktop, if it's still running. The other combinations will take you to virtual terminals.Originally Posted by Zorael
I Ubuntu, Therefore, I Am
This is probably a longstanding bug that seems to affect a few users like myself. I have had to apply a fix to every Kubuntu installation that I've used from 10.04 onwards to enable clean shutdown and logout. I think you may need to edit kdmrc.
You'll find this old thread - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1665405 - will explain it just as well as I can.
If this doesn't solve your problem please let us know.
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