Shutdown reboots machine

[lurch]

Hi
I have carried out a fresh install of 9.10 and upgrade the following problem has appeared.
Using the shut down option in Kubuntu reboots the computer.
I can then shut down using the option from the log in screen.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
lurch

[sithlord48]

Re: Shutdown reboots machine

try

sudo shutdown -H now

does that properly poweroff the system?

[lurch]

Re: Shutdown reboots machine

Hi
sudo shutdown -h now in a terminal will shut the machine off.
I was curious as to why the KDE command did not work.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
lurch

[sithlord48]

Re: Shutdown reboots machine

well thats the thing , when you use the kde command it should just run that.. <but i am not 100% on that>.

shutdown must be run as root. (hence the sudo) some options are

-P power off after halt (what you should use instead)
-r restart
-c Cancel shutdown.

all need a time after it you can sub a number for the word now , time in other wise in min

but i would love to get some others input on why exactly this is happening on your machine.

[lurch]

Re: Shutdown reboots machine

Hi
learn something new each day.
I have been using shutdown -r ,shutdown -h for some time, -P I did not know about
Thanks
lurch

[sithlord48]

Re: Shutdown reboots machine

-P basicly is -h with a power off ... if you check shutdown --help you can see what i mean...