Restart Shutdown not working at all!

[skullsplitter]

I can only restart/shutdown my MBP by holding down the power button.

The apple menu does not work

Pressing the power button does not bring up the shutdown options

I have used a Mac since 2001 so this is reasonably serious for me to ask for help, after restarting I still have to option. I have tried terminal commands I read off the internet but these did not work either.

Need help with this serious OS X bug,

TY for the help,
Skullsplitter

 

[iBookG4user]

Create a new user account and see if you can shut down from the Apple menu from that account.

 

[quincymc]

Hello,

What terminal commands did you try?

My restart / shutdown options from apple menu dont work either (sleep suprisingly does), instead I have to do a 'sudo shutdown -h now', which works every time..

Q

 

[MacsRgr8]

My restart / shutdown options from apple menu dont work either (sleep suprisingly does), instead I have to do a 'sudo shutdown -h now', which works every time..

Q

I haven't heard of this issue till now.

What exactly doesn't work? If you choose "Restart..." what happens then?

And what happens if you choose the same but pressing <OPTION> at the same time (disabling the ...), so that it (should) Restart right away?

Does "sudo reboot" (in terminal) work every time aswell?

 

[quincymc]

option reboot / shutdown does nothing

Also, a sudo reboot just prompts for password and still just sits there

However a sudo shutdown does something quite interesting .. it kills all the daemons (nis, apache etc etc) but doesnt shut the computer down...?!

I must admit a sudo shutdown -h now meets my needs, but I am curious as to why this is happening... And, the behaviour is the same for a 'vanilla' account..

Quincy

 

[emil.s]

Hi! I, and some more users at 99.se (swedish mac forum) does have the same problem.
"sudo halt/reboot" works, but not the Apple menu, or the power button.

It's the same for all users, so it's something whith the system...

I can shutdown from the loginwindow(?)
http://sandnabba.se/~emil/Screenshots/OS-X userswitch.jpg (highlighted field). Don't know what it's called in the english OS X
And userswitching works, but not logout.

Does realy noone know whats wrong?

P.S
The swedish tread: http://www.99.se/mac-os-x/220552-omstart-staeng-logga-ut-funkar.html
Thanks /Emil.s

 

[emil.s]

I installed Leopard today. Which works perfect.
But the question remains... Is there a solution for this?

 

[ultimateceej]

I had this exact problem about 2-3 weeks ago. Can you not log off from the apple menu either?
It happened when I messed around with some of the .plist files like loginwindow.plist and and com.apple.loginwindow.plist in ~/Library. An archive and reinstall did not work because my settings in ~/Library were not changed or overwritten. I even made a backup of the two .plist files and copied some different ones from a friend's macbook. When that didn't work, I put my original .plist files backand POOF, it worked!!! I have no idea how but I do know that an archive and install does not do much except take up about 10 gigs with the 'Previous Systems' folder.