Shutdown problem in Ubuntu 16.04

Question

Sometimes my Ubuntu 16.04 is not shutting down when I am trying to shutdown from the task menu. I am forcing shutdown by pressing the power button. I want to know the reason and solution for this.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 07 '17 at 12:31

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You can shutdown by terminal by this command:
sudo shutdown -h now

edited Mar 07 '17 at 12:31

You'reAGitForNotUsingGit

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answered Mar 07 '17 at 11:48

ahmad

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 07 '17 at 12:38

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Reason can be anything, but try running this command to shutdown:

sudo systemctl poweroff

edited Mar 07 '17 at 12:38

anonymous2

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answered Mar 07 '17 at 12:16

Arijit Chatterjee

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Shutdown problem in Ubuntu 16.04

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