Shutting down Kubuntu

Well I am a total Linux newbie.

I partitioned the drive in a second computer and I now have Windows 10 on one partition and Kubuntu on the other.

I have literally only shut down/tried to shut down Linux a couple of times now.

Is there a preferred method?

I clicked on the wheel in the bottom left corner and chose Shutdown.

Then the shutdown screen popped up saying the computer would shut down in 30 seconds.

There were four options presented as the timer counted down the 30 seconds.

 Sleep  Restart  Shutdown  Logout

Not wanting to wait 30 seconds I clicked on Shutdown at the 24 second mark.

That's when my computer froze!

It did not listen to me and shutdown immediately, nor did it continue counting down to 0.

Has anyone experienced what this newbie just experienced in bullet-proof Linux? 

It's been frozen for at least 20 minutes now.

The usual Windows commands of Ctrl-Alt-Del or Ctrl-Esc had no effect on the computer.

So two questions. How do I elegantly shut down my computer now (if it's still possible)?

Assuming I can easily fix this, how do I quickly shut down my computer going forward?

You shouldn't receive a timer, can you screenshot this or take a picture?

Thanks for helping Dan.

I must say, after all I have read about Linux over the years/decades, being rock solid/bullet proof

in comparison to Windows, this situation has got me a bit disillusioned already.

There is literally nothing installed on this partition except for Kubuntu, Firefox and VLC.

All installed just a couple of days ago.

How can I take a screenshot/picture? Again Linux is totally foreign to me.

Edited by MarkBeepBeep, 29 May 2024 - 01:58 PM.

Same way in Windows via Alt-PrntScrn

Thanks.

Could you please give me step by step instructions as to how I would get this image via (Alt-PrntScrn)

from this second computer, onto this (my main computer) so I could upload it here?

Where would this image be, location/folder?

How would I access this folder?

How would I get it onto a USB stick etc.?

Does the second computer not have access to the internet? If it does then you would easily upload it to https://wwwimgbb.com and share the link here.

Also if you are a new user, I would highly recommend that you get away from Ubuntu and go with Linux Mint.

Thanks Dan.

Yes I do have an internet connection on the second computer.

I am definitely willing to jump ship with Ubuntu (after this experience) and move to Linux Mint.

It would be very easy at this early stage.

OK so here's what happened.

I booted into Kubuntu and did a practice Alt-PrntScrn.

I was able to find the file in a Prnt-Scrn folder.

But I suspected I'd have a problem using this method when I was shutting down and was right.
When I went to shut down and got the timer I pressed Alt-PrntScrn and the timer immediately disappeared!

But the next part was good news. With the four choices (Sleep  Restart  Shutdown  Logout) still on the screen,

this time I didn't click on Shutdown (which as highlighted).

Instead I just clicked on OK and it shut down right away!

I did this twice now.

So the trick is to leave the default on Shutdown (highlighted) and just hit OK.

You will find much happiness with Linux Mint. I used it for Mint 13 to Mint 19.3

Thanks Dan.

I made a Linux Mint USB boot disk a few years ago. I only booted it up a few times for fun but that was it.

I'll see if Kubuntu throws me any more loops in the next while and decide what to do going forward.

I tried to research a bit the best flavor of Linux to use but it was difficult to decide with so many versions/options available.

Well I am a total Linux newbie.

I partitioned the drive in a second computer and I now have Windows 10 on one partition and Kubuntu on the other.

 

I have literally only shut down/tried to shut down Linux a couple of times now.

 

Is there a preferred method?

 

I clicked on the wheel in the bottom left corner and chose Shutdown.

Then the shutdown screen popped up saying the computer would shut down in 30 seconds.

 

There were four options presented as the timer counted down the 30 seconds.

 

 Sleep  Restart  Shutdown  Logout

 

Not wanting to wait 30 seconds I clicked on Shutdown at the 24 second mark.

That's when my computer froze!

 

It did not listen to me and shutdown immediately, nor did it continue counting down to 0.

 

Has anyone experienced what this newbie just experienced in bullet-proof Linux? 

 

It's been frozen for at least 20 minutes now.

The usual Windows commands of Ctrl-Alt-Del or Ctrl-Esc had no effect on the computer.

 

So two questions. How do I elegantly shut down my computer now (if it's still possible)?

Assuming I can easily fix this, how do I quickly shut down my computer going forward?

 

As a Kubuntu user myself what your seeing when select shutdown is normal personally I hit the power button on my desktop and chose shutdown from there it says 30 seconds till logout but usually chose shutdown or reboot.

But if its freezing that's a sign that your running out of memory this happened to me in the past on both Kubuntu and Linux Mint although it hasn't happened to me for years now since I watch how many tabs I have open in my browser.

 

 nor did it continue counting down to 0.

 

Has a

 

As a Kubuntu user myself what your seeing when select shutdown is normal personally I hit the power button on my desktop and chose shutdown from there it says 30 seconds till logout but usually chose shutdown or reboot.

But if its freezing that's a sign that your running out of memory this happened to me in the past on both Kubuntu and Linux Mint although it hasn't happened to me for years now since I watch how many tabs I have open in my browser.

 

Thanks Super.

That's impossible.

We are talking about a new computer with 16G of RAM and a fresh operating system (Kubuntu) with no apps installed except for

FF and VLC (none of which were open/running).

Since you are running Kubuntu, as a test could you please try the following?

1. Choose Shutdown after hitting the wheel in the bottom left corner.

2. When the shutdown screen appears with the four choices I outlined above, do you see a timer start at 30 seconds, counting down?

3. Click on Shutdown with your mouse. 

 Does the computer freeze? If not what happens? Does it shut down immediately? Does the count down continue?

MarkBeepBeep what version of Kubuntu are you using? 24.04 or 22.04? Because I know that Ubuntu 24.04 is having some issues that why I always wait till the .1 release of a Ubuntu distro before I upgrade/install it.

Because I don't have that problem you have when I shutdown my machine.

MarkBeepBeep what version of Kubuntu are you using? 24.04 or 22.04? Because I know that Ubuntu 24.04 is having some issues that why I always wait till the .1 release of a Ubuntu distro before I upgrade/install it.

Because I don't have that problem you have when I shutdown my machine.

I'm using 24.04, the latest.
I didn't know which version to choose.

I also thought that this might be the issue. Some bugs that haven't been ironed out yet.

 

MarkBeepBeep what version of Kubuntu are you using? 24.04 or 22.04? Because I know that Ubuntu 24.04 is having some issues that why I always wait till the .1 release of a Ubuntu distro before I upgrade/install it.

Because I don't have that problem you have when I shutdown my machine.

I'm using 24.04, the latest.
I didn't know which version to choose.

I also thought that this might be the issue. Some bugs that haven't been ironed out yet.

 

 

I'm using 22.04 and the current version of Linux Mint is also based off of 22.04, but there is one similar bug that your experiencing right now and that happens every so often when I shutdown or reboot after the screen goes black and it shows the distros name it hangs for a bit I mean it eventually stops and reboots or shuts down depending on what you chose. But this bug has in Ubuntu since at least version 18.04. It has gotten a bit better but it still happens from time to time but its pretty rare. But I must agree with cryptodan LM is best for Linux noobs.

Edited by SuperSapien64, 29 May 2024 - 05:30 PM.