On 3 September 2010 09:50, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > Once again I lost my shutdown function; not only did shutdown vanish > from my main menu, but when I added the Session Indicator Applet to the > panel, the shutdown option on this did not work either; only the user > switcher option worked. Therefore, I had to shutdown by pressing and > holding the power button. This being the second time this has happened, > I should like to know, what are the dangers of doing a hard shutdown? > > Thanks, > Rowan > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Morning, There is always a chance of file corruption on a hard reset. If you can open a terminal try "sudo reboot" or "sudo halt". Cheers Steve
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