I’m really loving Kubuntu 11.10. As usual, I upgraded during the beta phase to avoid the slow downloads after the official release. It was a flawless upgrade: the best I can remember. I even did it using the wireless connection, with no significant hiccups… except this one I hardly noticed. I rarely need to reboot or shutdown, but the upgrade overwrote a configuration file which disrupted the reboot and shutdown functions. Fortunately, an easy fix:
~$ cd /etc/kde4/kdm
~$ sudo kate kdmrc
Search for the [Shutdown] section, and make sure the shutdown and reboot lines aren’t commented out with ‘#’ hashes. Add (or uncomment) these commands.
HaltCmd=/sbin/shutdown -h -P now
RebootCmd=/sbin/shutdown -r now
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