Ubuntu
indicator-session package

  1. Bug #987220
  2. Comment #154

Comment 154 for bug 987220

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Jay (jfjanssen) wrote : Re: System does not power off reliably when "Shut Down" chosen from GUI

At http://askubuntu.com/questions/125844/shutdown-does-not-power-off-computer I found the following suggestion:

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Type in terminal:
1. sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
2. Find the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
3. Change this to: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=force"
4. Save the file and close the file. 5. Finally, in terminal: sudo update-grub
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This works for me. Still, this is a workaround; for Ubuntu to be found atractive for non-power users, the system should shutdown without having to edit system files. A solution where this situation is auto-detected on affected systems and then fixed would be nice.