Shutdown problem in Ubuntu 16.04

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Sometimes my Ubuntu 16.04 is not shutting down when I am trying to shutdown from the task menu. I am forcing shutdown by pressing the power button. I want to know the reason and solution for this.

*is not shutting down* means nothing at all happens? Try with `shutdown now` — M. Becerra, Mar 07 '17 at 11:35
run this in the terminal (start it by pressing: (`ctrl+alt+T`) `sudo shutdown` — George Udosen, Mar 07 '17 at 12:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 07 '17 at 12:31

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You can shutdown by terminal by this command:
sudo shutdown -h now

edited Mar 07 '17 at 12:31

You'reAGitForNotUsingGit

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mayank@mayank-Aspire-5738:~$ sudo shutdown -h now [sudo] password for mayank: Failed to start poweroff.target: Transaction is destructive. See system logs and 'systemctl status poweroff.target' for details. – Frank Mar 08 '17 at 10:35

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 07 '17 at 12:38

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Reason can be anything, but try running this command to shutdown:

sudo systemctl poweroff

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answered Mar 07 '17 at 12:16

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Shutdown problem in Ubuntu 16.04

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