I've been running Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop about half a year, generally without problem, but now I have a potential problem - a question at least. With the idea of avoiding a problem.
When I try to shut down, after having closed all the apps (that I'm aware of), I hit the command to do so then get a window saying: "A program is still running." Unknown - not responding "Waiting for the program to finish. Interrupting the program may cause you to lose work." There are three button options available - lock screen; cancel; shut down anyway. To this point - this has been going on for some days - I've been responding with "cancel," but eventually I'll need to shut down, one way or another. (Besides this glitch, the computer has been working fine.) I've tried checking for odd processes (that might usefully be killed) in the system monitor, but nothing jumps out at me. I've also seen a reference to Firefox causing something like this to happen, but I don't use Firefox - and have removed it from the launcher (though I haven't disinstalled it). I suppose I could "shut down anyway," but I don't know what the consequences may be - and a Google search for the error message pulled up a couple of vague references to file corruption, which is worrisome. Or I could try something like the SysRq+ALT+REISUB shutdown, but again, I'm not sure if that's a totally safe way under the circumstances. Any thoughts, suggestions? Randy Stapilus www.ridenbaugh.com Northwest politics and public affairs WA, OR, ID Weekly Briefings 503-852-0010 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
