On 03/09/10 09:50, Rowan Berkeley 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?
Sometime I see my username twice in the right hand top panel and do not
have the Session Indicator Applet visible.
However, if you use the "Special" od "Windows Key" + S it will still
display the sutdown menu.
If that fails...
Close all your open applications,
Open a terminal (or go to a new tty: ALT+CTL+F{1,6}, login) and type:
sudo halt
This will shut down the system properly.
There is very rarely any need to power down forcibly.
HTH
Al
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