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I have tried this Ubuntu 14.04 stuck on shutdown

But it did not help. The GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT setting actually wasn't there for me so I added it. Now I get the 'splash' screen (server style) on shutdown but still the computer does not power off.

When I run sudo shutdown now

Ubuntu stops all services and goes into a single user mode with a root user prompt on the screen, but does not power off the machine.

This is a Mac Pro 2008 machine (EFI). It is a new installation from this iso ubuntu-14.04.5-desktop-amd64+mac.iso

Thanks.

Matthew James Briggs
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  • try it with -h (sudo shutdown -h now) where -h means halt-power after shutdown. shutdown strictly means the OS itself shuts down, not the hardware (unless you add -h or --poweroff) – guiverc Jun 09 '18 at 00:37
  • yes that worked, I never knew that. It seems like other systems I've used power off without that argument. Thank you. – Matthew James Briggs Jun 09 '18 at 01:59

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There are a number of commands that will turn off your system, including halt, poweroff and of course shutdown.

Most of us with small modern machines expect the hardware to go off, but on larger machines the power usage drop (on a large machine turning off) can be a pain, not to mention the wear of powering off then powering back on hardware so the halt of power doesn't occur unless specified.

With shutdown just add a -h to cause power down of hardware (after OS is safely shutdown)

sudo shutdown -h now

guiverc
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