Where is the restart option?

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I just did a fresh install of 11.10 and noticed that the restart option is missing. Is there a way I can put it or turn this option on?

I haven't noticed that button just for almost years. You should use your command line as the greatest tool in linux. sudo shutdown now for shutting down your machine. sudo reboot, etc. — Emad Baqeri, Oct 25 '21 at 08:05

score 26 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 04 '23 at 06:17

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In older versions of Ubuntu, you click the shut down button then click restart:

edited Oct 04 '23 at 06:17

Flimm

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answered Oct 15 '11 at 05:30

Brendan Samek

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when I click the gear icon the options are lock, logout, suspend, hibernate, and shutdown. there is no restart. – st2011 Oct 15 '11 at 05:32
st2011 you have to click the shutdown button first before the restart button appears – Brendan Samek Oct 15 '11 at 05:36
Thank you for some reason didn't see this before. – st2011 Oct 15 '11 at 05:41
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I don't understand why they changed this. It makes no sense to go to Shutdown to go to restart, they're two separate actions. – blackn1ght Oct 15 '11 at 16:59
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@blackn1ght I guess they figure that in order to do a restart, shutting down your machine is part of the process of doing that. – Knowledge Cube Oct 18 '11 at 18:13
This answer is out-of-date. – Flimm Mar 06 '17 at 10:30

score 18 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 04 '23 at 06:18

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In older versions of Ubuntu that run Unity, you can also type "restart" in the dash.

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Flimm

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answered Oct 15 '11 at 05:34

jart

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sweet. This is a nice alternative. – st2011 Oct 15 '11 at 05:43
Doesn't work if you don't have your desktop in english. Actually – Maxime R. Dec 26 '11 at 22:48
Actually, in french, I have to type redémarrer to get the option. restart, reboot just don't work. Really annoying considering that most commands, program names, options are in english, which i got to learn, and that's not so obvious how it was decided to translate them. Consequence: terminal + sudo reboot. – Maxime R. Dec 26 '11 at 22:57
This works in Ubuntu 21.04 with GNOME Shell. – Flimm Sep 29 '21 at 09:46

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 15 '11 at 05:31

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You can easily restart the computer by pressing Alt+F2, and typing gksu reboot into the box that comes up.

answered Oct 15 '11 at 05:31

Nathan Osman

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This will work with any version of Ubuntu, AFAIK. – Knowledge Cube Oct 15 '11 at 05:38
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your could also type "gksu shutdown -r now" :) – alex Oct 15 '11 at 07:20
My mouse wasn't working. This worked! :) – AnnanFay Dec 03 '11 at 13:30

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 10 '11 at 19:07

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OR Alt+F2

sudo shutdown -r now

:)

edited Nov 10 '11 at 19:07

Kris Harper

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answered Oct 15 '11 at 16:51

shox

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That will work in a terminal but I don't think it will work from the dash. – Flimm Oct 18 '11 at 22:23
You could press Alt+F2 and run "gksu shutdown -r now". But outside of situations where the normal ways to restart graphically aren't working, there wouldn't be much benefit. – Eliah Kagan Nov 08 '11 at 19:59

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 29 '21 at 09:45

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In Ubuntu 21.04, click the power icon in the top right corner of the screen, then click "Power Off/Log Out". In the sub-menu that appears, click "Restart".

answered Sep 29 '21 at 09:45

Flimm

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And if that option is missing too, click Power Off and you will be offered to Restart instead. GAH. – RomanSt Sep 13 '22 at 21:54

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