@Francois Do you have an Intel graphics card? I am experiencing the same problems on Dell Inspiron 6400 with Kubuntu Feisty and I think it has to do with the xserver-xorg-video-intel driver. For more info take a look at this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- intel/+bug/127101 -- Cannot shutdown computer with Kubuntu Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105102 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a bug contact for kubuntu-default-settings in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs