Shutdown options don't work?

[Shabakthanai]

I have been tinkering in "System Settings a lot the past few days, so I may have checked a box not realizing the result, but when I want to shut down, the options to Log Out, Restart, and Shutdown do not appear. The only way I am able to shut down my computer or restart it is to shut it down hard. Even using the command "sudo shutdown now" does not cause a restart or shut down. Is there something I may have checked in System Settings that could have caused this, and if not, is there a way to correct what has happened. Thanks

[vinnywright]

look to system settings>start up and shutdown>session management and see if you unchecked the 2 top options "confirm log out" & "offer shutdown options" .

as to the "sudo shutdown now" ,,,,try "sudo shutdown -h now" .

VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

Wow, I must be losing it. Must not have clicked Post. This is my 3rd time trying.

"confirm log out" was not checked and now is, "offer shutdown options" was checked. Problem still exists. The command line instruction works great. I did not like pressing and holding the On/Off button to restart or shutdown. Makes me worry that I will cause damage. Cudos! my friend.

[vinnywright]

if you go to Kickoff>leave are the options still their ?



VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

Yes.

Vinney, I am looking at your Kickoff Kmenu, white with a blue background. I found a multi-colored Kmenu that looks great on dark backgrounds. If you want to try it, look in the K's of the available icons and look for a multi-colored Kmenu. It doesn't look very good in the library of Icons because it doesn't look as good on a white background. Good to hear from you.

if you go to Kickoff>leave are the options still their ?



VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

When I open my Favorites menu, they are where they always been, but none of them, when selected, do anything. No log out ability, No restart, nor Shutdown. And the shutdown now does not work unless I add a -h. Then the computer shuts down immediately.

Now you might like a different theme but back to the original question, what about the Icons for Sleep, Hibernate, Restart and Shut Down, do YOU have them?

[gldvorak]

Try System Settings ➔ Login Screen ➔ Shutdown tab ➔ in the Local: box make sure that you do not have nobody selected
Then below in the Halt: box I have /sbin/shutdown -h -P now and to the right Reboot: box I have /sbin/shutdown -r now
Below that Boot Manager: box I have None selected

I can only guess at what some of these mean but the first where nobody can be selected sounds suspicious along with the next two that are fill in the blank could also be possibilities.

Good luck

[Shabakthanai]

System Settings>Login Screen> (no 'shutdown tab' option - My Kubuntu OS is 14.04, KDE 4.13.3 - Are you giving advice on my Desktop and version? If so, I seem to be missing some options in System Settings. Thanks friend.

Try System Settings ➔ Login Screen ➔ Shutdown tab ➔ in the Local: box make sure that you do not have nobody selected
Then below in the Halt: box I have /sbin/shutdown -h -P now and to the right Reboot: box I have /sbin/shutdown -r now
Below that Boot Manager: box I have None selected

I can only guess at what some of these mean but the first where nobody can be selected sounds suspicious along with the next two that are fill in the blank could also be possibilities.

Good luck

[Shabakthanai]

I have done that. Today, just as fast as the problem started, it returned to function. It is working again right now. Thanks for the help. I have no idea what caused this.

I'm afraid gldvorak refers to the settings for kdm while Shakthanai is probably using LightDM.

KDM:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]5185[/ATTACH]

LightDM:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]5186[/ATTACH]

There is another option under Startup and Shutdown.
Under Session Management the second box should be ticked to show the shutdown buttons.

Another option to check out would be to change the present K-Menu to the Classical version.

[Shabakthanai]

I submitted a new post. When I tried to open this post again, a screen said I could not reopen a solved post. But here it is. I don't know what to do now. If it matters, I am using LightDM. I posted, in the new post, screen images of the System Settings pages in my computer with each option.

[Shabakthanai]

i am upgrading to kubuntu 14.10 right now. The current version continues to add new problems and is very difficult correcting the current problems. Thanks for your efforts.

[vinnywright]

well you can ,,,,but that IS in development and is unstable as yet and you can expect some breakage on the way to release ................................

VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

K14.04 is the version that is giving me the trouble. I did not think 14.10 could be worse and expected some of the problems to be corrected already.

During the installation I had problems. I was stopped midterm with warnings that I would have packages to fix after the install was complete. When I restarted, I lost connection with the Internet. Instead of having the funny apple-like panels on the right border of one screen, I now have one on the right border of both screens. Nonetheless, the battery monitor menu seems to have gone, and system log off, restart, and shutdown are working again. Video drivers are set and 1000? x 700? which makes the on screen images too large for my 1920 x 1080 monitors, and the system refuses the two other video driver options, perhaps because they have to be downloaded and I don't have Net connection, I don't know. Start up procedures take forever, so with my smoking machine that used to burst from item to item, I have to wait about as long for a boot to finish as I did with my 25mhz starting computer after a large update. Repair features do not work, and my Motherboard no longer acknowledges my cd/dvd/usb drives, so I am unable to boot my Kubuntu 13.04 or 13.10 dvd/usb ISO's. Other than that, everything went perfectly. Can't figure out why I am stressed and depressed, can you?

Most of the time I don't mind working beta distributions; I get to learn a little more, and use of my computer is not as critical as it is for most people, however, I would love to go back to Kubuntu 13.10 if I could get a usb or dvd recognized by my motherboard. I am exhausted with the constant problems. Should my first repair be getting connected to the Internet, or trying to get the BIOS to recognize my cd/dvd/usb drives? If you know the solution to those problems, I sure would like the answers. I am about at the end of my rope. Thanks if you have any ideas!

well you can ,,,,but that IS in development and is unstable as yet and you can expect some breakage on the way to release ................................

VINNY

[Shabakthanai]

Teunis, you have been such a support in getting my system working again. I am so very grateful. Good fortune came with this day. I was able to make a new liveUSB, install and update and mostly configure the system today. It is working again like the Cheetah it once was. Everything but one has self corrected. I am so happy. You are one who has made it possible for limited intellectuals like me to enjoy computing too. I will never be a guru, not enough years left, but I sure am a happy camper right now. Cudos friend!!!

So you'll have to Google what key to press to get into the BIOS setup.

I'm pretty sure anything less than 8 y/o can boot from a USB and certainly from the optical drive.

It's an interesting option to go for an Alpha release but due to the driver/compatibility problems you had probably a step too far.
Fix your boot issues first and then test a couple of distros via bootable USB.

Check out the venerable Knoppix and Netrunner, the brother/sister of Kubuntu.