These days you get a dialog with a 60 second countdown to auto shutdown. Also data is not allowed to sit in the cache for more than a few seconds before being flushed normally, so an idle locked computer won't lose anything if it loses power. If you must shutdown blind, alt-sysrq-s will force a sync.
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285141 Title: logout box + no way to kill computer = data corruption To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/285141/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs