Kubuntu 12.04 wouldn't be turned off

How to Solve Kubuntu 12.04 won't be turned off

Are you Linux user, especially Kubuntu 12.04 Lts? Do you ever experience : your computer wouldn't be turned off, just an indicator on the monitor? So computer doesn't turn off totally, processor fan and the display is still on. And the only way is pressing the computer power's button till computer off. This way will solve this problem...

Open terminal (or konsole

) by clicking kde's logo on the bottom left of your monitor, on the search textbox just type below:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub (end by pressing enter button on the keyboard, also end with enter button after typing your root password)

if you do not yet install gedit, you can use kate, or any other text editor, you just need change gedit with suitable text editor you have. For example you use kate so the command will be:

sudo kate /etc/default/grub

Next, on the gedit screen display, find the line below:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

change it to be:

RUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=force"

Next, save and end gedit, on the terminal type:

sudo update-grub

wait till the process end, and you can look the result...


source:

http://netgator.blogspot.com