My ubuntu 16.04 does not shutdown

Question

I recently installed ubuntu 16.04 alongside windows 7 in my pc and all the features in it are working fine but when I click on shutdown it gets stuck on the violet screen with ubuntu written on it and even the dots stop blinking. I then tried to clean install it again but the problem still persists.

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click shutdown on this screen click escape button and edit your question with what you see — Mohamed Slama, Jun 20 '16 at 04:40
take a look at, it seems to be the same problem... http://askubuntu.com/questions/508029/ubuntu-14-04-stuck-on-shutdown — Vitor Abella, Jun 20 '16 at 04:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '16 at 04:58

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try sudo shutdown OR sudo reboot if you want to restart, in a terminal.

if you cannot access terminal for some reason, then press Ctrl+Alt+F1 then login using your user name and password, then use sudo shutdown again.

if you want to return back to your desktop screen press Ctrl+Alt+F7

answered Jun 20 '16 at 04:58

REZ

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tried that too didnt work – Robin staen Jun 20 '16 at 05:01
while in the screen you posted, did you try pressing the UP or DOWN key which will then show whats going on in the background.. And perhaps show an error somewhere. – REZ Jun 30 '16 at 20:58

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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The issue could be related to nvidia driver if you have one. Try to update nvidia drivers like that:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

This solution worked for me. Source: https://askubuntu.com/a/150121/571419

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Jul 22 '16 at 20:49

Silvanu

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My ubuntu 16.04 does not shutdown

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