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What is the command behind the default shutdown menu in Freya?
You can launch the shutdown menu with the following command
dbus-send --session --print-reply --dest=com.canonical.Unity /org/gnome/SessionManager/EndSessionDialog org.gnome.SessionManager....
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What is the command for the shutdown dialogue in Loki?
Not quite what you wanted, but here was what I was able to find:
Shutdown directly:
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.login1 /org/freedesktop/login1 "org.freedesktop.login1....
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Cannot Shutdown or Reboot elementary OS
Finally the best way to solve this problem is installing Nvidia Graphics driver and choose Intel Graphics device in Nvidia X Server Panel. After reboot, now I can shutdown and reboot my laptop ...
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Loki takes long time to shut down
The problem is caused by the Thermal Daemon Service not shutting down properly. The default timeout is 90s.
This can be resolved by changing the timeout length.
Run this command
sudo io....
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Dell Inspiron 15 5559 Problem at shutdown and logout (Intel Skylake)
I found the solution. The problem is a driver issue with the Intel Skylake graphics chipset. You can solve it by upgrading to kernel 4.3 and upwards. For instructions to update to kernel 4.4 see here: ...
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Elementary OS does not shutdown correctly
I have the same laptop
the problem is with Nvidia driver.
you need to install "additional drivers"
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-drivers-common
Or you can open AppCenter and install "...
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Slow shutdown and cannot troubleshoot
Try this
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system.conf
and edit as the image then run
uncommented (remove the "#") the fields above to
DefaultTimeoutStopSec=9s
Then run this command to reload
systemctl ...
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Every shutdown takes very long. Issue: "A stop job is running for session c2 of user xxx"
I had the same problem and could not find a solution, you can set the timer to a smaller value in: /etc/systemd/system.conf. (If it is empty, here is a copy: https://p.ip.fi/bZfs)
Uncomment line ...
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Taking time on Shutdown and when boot after that then the just logo flashes
What helps to me in a similar situation was to reinstall plymouth. I recommend doing it on recovery mode - on the grub bootloader screen select advanced options for elementary os and on the next ...
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Taking time on Shutdown and when boot after that then the just logo flashes
According to Dewa Sembiring on askubuntu,
Go to tty
mode using Ctrl+Alt+F2, if you can't,
insert a live cd then get into chroot, try to reinstall your
plymouth but before ...
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Unexpected Shutdown
Try installing tlp it's a must have for laptop power management, the default settings are great but it is also very customisable.
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
$ sudo apt-get update
$ ...
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Elementary OS Loki hangs during shutdown
The bug was resolved with the latest kernel update, version 4.15.0-42-generic.
No further action was required
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Elementary OS Loki hangs during shutdown
I could tell you to downgrade systemd right away, but you will be able to do it only to the first release not the last update. You'll miss a lot of fixes with it, check the changelog below for more ...
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Run a script on shutdown
Unfortunately I don't know of a real graphical way to achieve that.
But because elementary is based on Ubuntu and thus uses systemd, you should be able to do it with a systemd service. Basically ...
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elementary OS 'Loki' Shutdown doesn't work :(
I'm not sure what is happening there when you press the Shutdown button on the top right corner, but you can always shutdown by opening the terminal and type shutdown -h now
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Problem to shutdown from wingpanel
You can use the command
pkill wingpanel
in a terminal window or with Alt+F2 to restart stuck wingpanel.
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System shuts down abruptly after waking up
I have experienced this type of problem on a number of different systems, but after a lot of work I tracked it down to the lid being opened (after suspend) not being recognised. The fix was simple in ...
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Unable to reboot and/or shutdown?
This problem is because /etc/init.d/ has been corrupt, you should try
sudo nano /etc/init.d/rc
Check CONCURRENCY appears like this or add:
CONCURRENCY="none"
Alternatively you can use
sudo ...
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My system won't shutdown.... I have to press the power button to shutdown
Edit the file
sudo scratch-text-editor /etc/default/grub
And modify the line :
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
It to obtain this line :
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi=noirq acpi=force ...
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How can I configure the power button to shutdown the computer
Do this:
Open terminal. Type: sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
Hit Enter
After installing dconf-tools, on screen (desktop), click on Applications (top left of the screen), then find and click on ...
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How can I configure the power button to shutdown the computer
You have to edit logind.conf in /etc/systemd, and change the line as shown below (remember to unhash it):
HandlePowerKey=poweroff
Now I'm on Manjaro, so I can't confirm if it works, but it should.
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No more power button
Try:
sudo apt-get install indicator-session
Then reboot and it should be there again
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Elementary freya won't shut down/restart without having to use the power button
A quick search has revealed that your laptop has an AMD Radeon R5 M240 graphics card? If that is true, the problem probably is driver related, I had the same problem with an AMD Radeon R5 M335, none ...
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Computer restarts instead of shutting down
Try typing:
sudo sync && sudo poweroff
WARNING: This program will instantly shut off the computer so you may want to save some data if you are currently working.
If that doesn't work too ...
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Dell Inspiron 15 5559 Problem at shutdown and logout (Intel Skylake)
OK, so the problem can be solved much easier than installing a new kernel - namely by activating the proprietary drivers for AMD Radeon graphics card (called fglrx). You can choose between fglrx and ...
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How to take screenshots at shutdown?
You wont be able to take an actual screenshot, although if the error occurs early enough in the shutdown process (before the logger service is stopped and the hdd's have been unmounted) it should be ...
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Shutdown and restart stuck on "Starting LightDM Display Manager"
The original poster's temporary fix was to restart lightdm via the command line, which would be: sudo service lightdm restart OR sudo systemctl restart lightdm
You can also try reconfiguring lightdm....
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Have a shutdown timer like OS X?
Use gshutdown.
Install from software center.
Now open gshutdown and adjust settings as per your need.
To adjust delay, select After a delay
You can enable notification for gshutdown in Edit --> ...
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Have a shutdown timer like OS X?
I mean, you could just add a sleep 60 && before your shutdown -P 1, turn that into a shell script, I guess. You would have no visible timer but it should give you 60 seconds before shutting ...
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