Public bug reported: Clicking the Shut Down option in the power cog menu brings up the log out dialog after a recent partial upgrade. As such, it is no longer possible to shut down the machine through the GUI; a workaround is to manually call sudo shutdown now -P in the terminal.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140403-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-22.44-generic 3.13.8 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Apr 4 14:05:43 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-30 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140218) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302745 Title: Shut Down option in power cog menu brings up log out dialog To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1302745/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs