Can't shut down my computer (Linux Mint 9)

[te_wik]

Hello.

I have e problem with my computer. I use Linux Lime 9 Isador.
When I want to shut down I can't.

The problem is;
Everything works as it should until the "dots" starts to be green. When it reaches to the third (3) dot it stops and the computer never shuts down.

I also have Windows 7 installed and it shuts down just fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Bass_Man]

Do you can take a picture ?

[te_wik]

Do you can take a picture ?

Well, I tried. But it wasn't easy. :P






/Tommy

[IMnobody]

You might check the Mint Linux forum, where a solution may already be available.
I could be a glitch in the Linux version itself, which should be resolved in future versions. So, you might be stuck with this issue for a while.
The good news is, you can simply power off the computer (unlike Windows), the only thing you lose, is any unsaved data.

IM

[Canker_Canison]

Be careful what you do with the computer if you just power off. Part of the shutdown process parks the HDD heads.

Now, things may of progressed since I last looked into it. But if the Bios doesn't park it then any sudden movement or knocks to the case could cause surface damage on the disks.

[james.farrow]

try opening a terminal as root and type poweroff at the command prompt - see if that shuts it down.

[te_wik]

try opening a terminal as root and type poweroff at the command prompt - see if that shuts it down.

"Program "ROOT" isn't installed" it says.



Mvh Tommy

[jeff114]

"Program "ROOT" isn't installed" it says.



Mvh Tommy

sudo shutdown -h now ;-)

[te_wik]

sudo shutdown -h now ;-)

Still the same. No shutdown.

/Tommy

[nerwus]

Linux have problem with your ACPI. CheckBIOS settings and also if this distribution handles your laptop correctly.

[jeff114]

Still the same. No shutdown.

/Tommy

What is the last message after running shutdown command?

[Mafketel]

Lol I thought it would be solved by now

Tommy U still use it ?

Anyway.... from the dots we do not know what to do.
From ur root does not exist comment I deduct ur not working on the terminal a lot
Anyway before you turn of your laptop try to go to the virtul terminal number one....
U do that by pressing
ctrl alt f1
you probably need to login there and don't worry if you don't see your pasword * appear if you type it will registered just hit enter after password.
Then type
sudo shutdown -h now
You will see a whole bunch of messages pass by and at some point it will stop or turn off.

Good luck

[te_wik]

Lol I thought it would be solved by now

Tommy U still use it ?

Anyway.... from the dots we do not know what to do.
From ur root does not exist comment I deduct ur not working on the terminal a lot
Anyway before you turn of your laptop try to go to the virtul terminal number one....
U do that by pressing
ctrl alt f1
you probably need to login there and don't worry if you don't see your pasword * appear if you type it will registered just hit enter after password.
Then type
sudo shutdown -h now
You will see a whole bunch of messages pass by and at some point it will stop or turn off.

Good luck

Hallo.

Yes, a bunch of messages passes by (in the speed of light ) and then the green dots appear, 1-2-3 and then... nothing! See pics i posted earlier.


/Tommy

[te_wik]

What is the last message after running shutdown command?

I don't know, the messages runs so fast i can't see them.



/Tommy

[Mafketel]

Did you try to go back to the console with ctrl alt f1 and the messages should be still there although shift page up does not work anymore.
Now please tell us what it says.

btw you could also look in var log messages or var log bootlog to see what is going on but sometimes you just need to see what is written on the console.