[ubuntu-za] System won't shut down

[Robin Bownes]

On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 07:34 +0200, Bill Cairns wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
> > To answer my own question: I went to System - Administration - Users
> > and Groups. and changed my Account Type from Custom to Administrator.
> >
> > Now I can shut down in the normal fashion.
> >
> > Thanks for the hint. How what got changed I have no idea!
> >
> > Bill
> >
> 
> I spoke too soon and the problem persists. My user (bill) is
> administrator but clicking on shut down in the normal fashion does
> nothing. "sudo halt" shuts the system effectively.
> 
> (I am sure that it worked once after I changed bill to administrator).
> 
> Any idas?
> 
> Bill the unstopper
> 

If you use the OpenOffice QuickStarter, then the problem that you
describe does sometimes tend to occur. I've experienced this myself, and
seen it among a number of my clients and family members. If you use the
OpenOffice QuickStarter, try clicking on it --> select "Exit
QuickStarter" --> then try shutting down. 

I'm not sure what the cause is because this does not consistently cause
a shut down problem, but tends to do so more often when the QuickStarter
icon has been used to open OpenOffice.

Robin
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