shutdown and log out not working Ubuntu 11.10

[G.]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 31 October 2011 15:35, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> On 31 October 2011 13:40, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 31 October 2011 13:07, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I upgraded to 11.10 from 11.04.  Now when you try to log out or
>>>>>> shutdown, I get nowhere.  If I hit the off switch on the laptop Ubuntu
>>>>>> shuts down, however.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you mean it just powers off, or does it do a normal shutdown?
>>>
>>> You did not answer this question
>>
>> I would say it just powers off, but I am not sure I know the difference.
>
> A power off will happen with no disk or screen activity, it will just
> die.  Usually you will have to hold the power button down for several
> seconds to invoke this, rather than 'hitting' the button which may
> well .  A normal shutdown will take at least a few seconds (it takes
> about 10 on my machine) and will probably involve the screen changing,
> scrolling Ubuntu dots and so on.  I presume that you know what a
> normal power down is like from the operation prior to the problem
> occurring.
>
> Also if you have forced a power off without going through a normal
> power down then on restart you should see it checking the disk to
> clean up the file system.  You will likely see messages about inodes
> and so on.
>
> Colin
>


Thanks for the details.  This is a normal shut down.  I hold the power
button for a second and then it shuts down.  11.10 is taking longer
than previous versions, maybe 30 seconds.  But no disk checks
afterwards.


garyk