Ubuntu 16.04-LTS desktop won't restart or shutdown

Question

I found that on two freshly installed Ubuntu 16.04-LTS desktops, for some reason I can't perform reboot or shutdown. I click on reboot/shutdown in the upper right corner's popup dialog but nothing happens when I chose reboot or shutdown option. It is OK when I do the same in terminal window by issuing shutdown or reboot command.

yes, moreover: when I click on Shutdown or Reboot on my desktop then foloowing message appears in the syslog:
http://pastebin.com/EGvXCRsD — DisplayName, Jan 23 '17 at 09:36
Might be a kernel issue, as stated in the bug here. Try with the latest kernel if it fixes the issue. — Nisheet, Jan 23 '17 at 10:52
Some users have fixed it be editing /etc/default/grub line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=force"

then run sudo update-grub

Source — Nisheet, Jan 23 '17 at 10:55
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=force"
doesn't work for me. — DisplayName, Jan 23 '17 at 11:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '17 at 12:32

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I had the same problem, hard shut-off your computer (Holding the power button down for 10-20 seconds) and turn it on again. Not the most graceful way, but it works.
Hope this helps!!

answered Jan 20 '17 at 12:32

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How will this fix the problem that reboot/shutdown dialog doesn't worg ? On top you will risk having to do fsck on your filesystems at next boot and potentially loose data ! – Soren A Jan 20 '17 at 12:34
It worked for me, I don't know why but it was very glitchy when I first got ubuntu. – Ubuntu User Jan 20 '17 at 12:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '17 at 11:33

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OK, finally I found the problem. The problem was with PAM configuration files modified during installation (from local preseed) process.

answered Jan 26 '17 at 11:33

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