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Re: [LUG] Shutting down kubuntu

 

On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 09:00 +0100, Simon Robert wrote:
> HI
> 
> I recently did a new install of kubuntu and after a while the shutdown, 
> restart etc stuff just stopped working. I remembered this had happened 
> before and did what I'd done previously to solve this, go to the 
> settings app shutdown section and replace the commands used (can't 
> remember what they were except the reboot one was "restart") with 
> shutdown -P now and shutdown -r now.
> 
> So I did this again and still nothing. I get the impression that these 
> commands are not being executed at all, that hitting the button does 
> absolutely naff all.
> 

Possibly needs gksudo (or the Kubunutu equivalent to gksudo) before each
of the shutdown commands?





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