Hello Kubuntu users,
The problem I will describe here is a problem experienced by many users (including myself). It is going on for quite a long time now and all the solutions found so far did not work for me. In this post I gather all the solutions and I propose one of my own which worked for me in hope of helping anyone interested.
The problem occurs when trying to shutdown/restart from the LogOut menu. The screen then just goes black or shows some small colored squares before the usplash appears and the computer hangs there. It does not respond to anything at all except for pressing the shutdown button for 5-6 seconds (hard reboot).
There are three solutions proposed so far (none of them worked for me):
1. First proposed solution:
edit the /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc file and add or uncomment the following line in the [X-:*-Core] section (note the *):
TerminateServer=true
2. Second proposed solution:
Instead of shutting down, first logout and then shutdown/restart from the KDM menu.
3. Third proposed solution:
Remove the usplash by editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst and removing the splash option. Usually the kernel line is something like
... ro quiet splash
Just remove the splash so that it looks like this
....ro quiet
My proposed solution is to get rid of the KDM and use GDM instead. So what I suggest is:
install GDM and themes:
sudo apt-get install gdm gdm-themes
Once it finishes the installation it will ask you to select between KDM and GDM. You must select GDM. This workaround works flawlessly for me, I hope it will for you.
The problem I will describe here is a problem experienced by many users (including myself). It is going on for quite a long time now and all the solutions found so far did not work for me. In this post I gather all the solutions and I propose one of my own which worked for me in hope of helping anyone interested.
The problem occurs when trying to shutdown/restart from the LogOut menu. The screen then just goes black or shows some small colored squares before the usplash appears and the computer hangs there. It does not respond to anything at all except for pressing the shutdown button for 5-6 seconds (hard reboot).
There are three solutions proposed so far (none of them worked for me):
1. First proposed solution:
edit the /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc file and add or uncomment the following line in the [X-:*-Core] section (note the *):
TerminateServer=true
2. Second proposed solution:
Instead of shutting down, first logout and then shutdown/restart from the KDM menu.
3. Third proposed solution:
Remove the usplash by editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst and removing the splash option. Usually the kernel line is something like
... ro quiet splash
Just remove the splash so that it looks like this
....ro quiet
My proposed solution is to get rid of the KDM and use GDM instead. So what I suggest is:
install GDM and themes:
sudo apt-get install gdm gdm-themes
Once it finishes the installation it will ask you to select between KDM and GDM. You must select GDM. This workaround works flawlessly for me, I hope it will for you.
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