Ubuntu 13.10 won't shutdown/restart

Question

I installed the 'new' Ubuntu 13.10, and it won't shutdown/restart from the menu. When pressing any of those buttons, Ubuntu will close some programs and then do nothing.

The only way that I've to shutdown/restart my PC is by blocking it, then moving the mouse so the black screen goes away, then changing user, and finally shutdown/restart from the login screen.

Anyway that I can fix this?

Thanks.

What does the do nothing mean? Does the graphics stay? Does it show a purple screen only? Does some messages come up? And sorry but I don't know this slang term: blocking the PC, what does that mean? — falconer, Dec 17 '13 at 17:30

Avinash Raj · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-17T17:25:29.293

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Try to shutdown from the terminal,

sudo shutdown -P now

edited Dec 17 '13 at 17:25

answered Dec 17 '13 at 17:14

Avinash Raj

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I tried this before, it closed X and turned into a buggy terminal. I had to manually shutdown the PC from the case. – user2077474 Dec 17 '13 at 17:16
manually shutdown the pc means. – Avinash Raj Dec 17 '13 at 17:17
Long pressing the start button from the case until it shut it down, there was no other way. – user2077474 Dec 17 '13 at 17:19
did buggy terminal means virtual console? – Avinash Raj Dec 17 '13 at 17:20
I don't know what you mean by a virtual console, but it was a console, the thing is that I couldn't do anything in there. – user2077474 Dec 17 '13 at 17:21
did you try sudo shutdown -P now? – Avinash Raj Dec 17 '13 at 17:22
It worked, but I wonder if there's a way to fix the menu buttons. – user2077474 Dec 17 '13 at 17:24
see http://askubuntu.com/questions/125844/shutdown-does-not-power-off-computer – Avinash Raj Dec 17 '13 at 17:33

Ubuntu 13.10 won't shutdown/restart

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