Whatever your problem, DON'T hold down the power button - eventually you will stuff your system. If all else fails, use <CTRL>+<ALT>+<F2> to swap to a different virtual console and then login and type shutdown -h now This will force whatever is hanging to finish, and shut down your system cleanly On Tuesday 01 November 2016 10:49:44 Neal Becker wrote: > For quite some time now, when I try to reboot (from kde) the shutdown gets > stuck saying "a stop job is running for ...". I just hold the power > button. Any ideas? > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx