Freeze during restart

onipar

onipar

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Hi all. First, for everyone who has been helping me iron out all the little problems I've had with Ubuntu 11.10, thank you! I think I'm down to this one last problem:

Everything works great. The computer starts up fine, runs amazingly, and shuts down perfectly. But if I try to "restart," 9 times out of 10, it will freeze.

Any ideas?

At first I had lumped this in with other glitches I was having, but those other glitches were fixed after I updated my graphics driver. The freeze at restart, however, has persisted.

Again, thank you for all your help. :)

EDIT: On a related note, my computer case came with a reset button. I'm not all that familiar with a reset button (having never had one) and I'm curious. Is it only to be used to reset the computer after a freeze? Or can it be used under normal circumstances to restart the computer? I was afraid that by using it you could lose information or cause errors...
 
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The reset button does exactly what it's name is - Resets the PC. It's the same as the power button - You will lose any saved data and corrupt an process you might be running when you press it. The only difference is that it boots back up.

try running the command
sudo shutdown -r now
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in the terminal, of course. It should restart your PC. Try it a couple times to see that you aren't getting the same issue as clicking "Restart".
 
Troncoso said:
The reset button does exactly what it's name is . . .
try running the command . . .
in the terminal, of course. It should restart your PC. Try it a couple times to see that you aren't getting the same issue as clicking "Restart".
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or the command
PHP: 
sudo init 6
 
Okay, so I did the terminal restart using "sudo shutdown -r now" about three or four times now, and it hasn't frozen doing it that way.

So what's next? I guess that means the problem is with the ubuntu restart command in system? So is there something I can do to fix it, or were you just suggesting I don't use the normal restart function?

Also, does "sudo init 6" do the same thing; I didn't try that one.

Thanks for the help! :D :good:
 
Consider running

Code: 
cd /home/username
rm -rf .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

Then rebooting.

Keep in mind, this does restore your desktop to it's original state (ie: Resets key mapping, any panel modifications, etc.)

Anndd...It's only going to work if you are using GNOME 2.

Which reminds me. Have you tried switching to a different Desktop Environment and seeing if you still have the same problem?

Besides that, you could make the shutdown command a key stroke, or you could create a desktop launcher, if you want a quick fix.
 
sounds like a hardware issue...
bad hard drive, ram etc...
unplug everything and take everything out of its slot (including the CMOS battery) then put it all back.....
 
FORDSVTPARTS said:
sounds like a hardware issue...
bad hard drive, ram etc...
unplug everything and take everything out of its slot (including the CMOS battery) then put it all back.....
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Ohhh... :( I hope not. I just built this computer last month, all new parts and everything.

Troncoso, to be honest, I have no idea if I'm running Gnome 2 or not. I have to go check. I installed ubuntu 11.10 and haven't made any major changes except to update drivers and things like that.

I haven't tried any other Desktop Environments (not entirely sure what that means either...I guess something other than the unity bar?).
 
onipar said:
Ohhh... :( I hope not. I just built this computer last month, all new parts and everything.

Troncoso, to be honest, I have no idea if I'm running Gnome 2 or not. I have to go check. I installed ubuntu 11.10 and haven't made any major changes except to update drivers and things like that.

I haven't tried any other Desktop Environments (not entirely sure what that means either...I guess something other than the unity bar?).
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Okay, then you are not running Gnome 2. You are using Gnome 3. Before you log in at the log in screen, next to your username is a little gear. From there you can choose a different desktop environment (That's what I call them, though, I don't know that's correct) You should have GNOME classic as an option. Click that and login. It will look different, but for the sake of narrowing down the problem, you should try it. Go and try to restart again.

Edit: And no. Rest not working isn't a hardware issue.
 
Troncoso said:
Okay, then you are not running Gnome 2. You are using Gnome 3. Before you log in at the log in screen, next to your username is a little gear. From there you can choose a different desktop environment (That's what I call them, though, I don't know that's correct) You should have GNOME classic as an option. Click that and login. It will look different, but for the sake of narrowing down the problem, you should try it. Go and try to restart again.

Edit: And no. Rest not working isn't a hardware issue.
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Oh, right on. I'll try that next. I can't do it right now (this problem is actually on my parent's new computer that I built them), but I'll try it later on and report back.

*wipes brow* I'm very glad to hear it isn't a hardware thing. :)
 
Okay, I was able to test this now. In gnome classic I tried restarting twice, and it worked both times. I also tried restarting once in Ubuntu, and it did work this time.

Like I mentioned in the first post, it doesn't *always* freeze during a restart.
 
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