I experience a very similar problem on Fujitsu Siemens laptop. I use only graphical login and know nothing about startx... I also can't neither close system nor restart it! Choosing one of this options from menu results in just logout! The same when I login from gdm using root account (Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic).
-- [karmic] ubuntu fails to suspend/hibernate if the session is started from the terminal (startx) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs