I assume this is the same bug that's affecting 8 of my systems, and several other people on the ubuntu forums. If I select to shutdown from the normal GUI menu, I get a popup conformation and after selecting my choice, it throws me back to the desktop as though I never issued a shutdown request, OR it starts to shutdown and hangs with unity gone but a grayed/shaded desktop view, a black screen, or a login screen.
My workaround was to issue a dbus shutdown and create a launcher for the Dash bar. This is no solution, but it's a usable workaround. dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Stop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880240 Title: ubuntu 11.10 : the system doesn't turn off if "sudo halt" is given To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/880240/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
