[Discuss] Kubuntu 7.04

[Murray Strome]

Corey Burger wrote:
> On 4/30/07, Murray Strome <wmstrome at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> I am taking the advice of many on the list to really try to get Kubuntu
>> going. I had problems with the bootloader on previous attempts, but
>> decided to try again with the new release.
>>
>> Things seemed to have gone OK, except for the following
>>
>> At first boot after installation, it set up a "temporary" account
>> "oem".  I used addgroup and adduser to set up regular users on the
>> system.  I then logged out and selected "Restart".  The screen went
>> blank (well, really a kind of gray), and then just hung there.  After a
>> long time, trying all kinds of things like <CTRL><ALT><DELETE> and
>> various Fn with <CTRL> and/or <ALT>, I finally pressed the reset button
>> on the computer.  It rebooted (after doing all the usual disk checks
>> when LINUX doesn't shut down properly.
>
> It looks like you accidentally set up the system in OEM install mode,
> a mode allowing people to edit the system before they sell teh system.
> How you ended up installing this way is not something I can guess,
> becuase I have never installed Kubuntu.
>
> Corey
That probably explains the setup, but now how do I get it to "Shut Down" 
or "Restart" from the menu?  There must be something somewhere that is 
missing or incorrect as I CAN restart from a terminal.

Murray