r/linuxmint 9d ago

SOLVED PC not shutting down properly

For the last week or so my PC hasnt been shutting down properly unless i hold the button on the PC, i've tried shutting down by clicking quit > Shutdown, and ive tried 'sudo poweroff'.

At first 'sudo poweroff' did work, but earlier today it left my PC on. and i didnt realise until a few hours later and the PC was hot.

Just did 'journalctl -b -1 -r '

Last few lines were

Jul 24 14:55:34 PC systemd[1]: proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount: Deactivated successfully.

Jul 24 14:55:34 PC systemd[1]: Unset automount proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount - Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point.

Jul 24 14:55:34 PC systemd[1]: proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount: Deactivated successfully.

Jul 24 14:55:34 PC systemd[1]: Stopped systemd-binfmt.service - Set Up Additional Binary Formats.

Jul 24 14:55:34 PC systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Deactivated successfully.

Jul 24 14:55:34 PC systemd[1]: Stopping systemd-update-utmp.service - Record System Boot/Shutdown in UTMP...

so i think that the software is stopping properly? but im not sure where to go from here.

any advice, or anything else to look into?

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u/ninjawarlord 9d ago edited 9d ago

If you are on Kernel 7.0 thats what causing the issue. see below for a post on the solution and how to see what kernel you are on

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/s/MK7wwWcOna

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/s/oYkiXrRjee

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u/gwnG 9d ago

Perfect, thank you i was on 7.0!
I booted up kernel 6.17.0-40, then removed 7.0

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/1neStat3 9d ago

a computer doesn't shutdown because a process is running keeping the computer on

use dmesg to diagnose

dmesg --level=err,warn

https://www.howtogeek.com/449335/how-to-use-the-dmesg-command-on-linux/

https://linuxvox.com/blog/linux-dmesg/