Hello all,
the reinstall of Kubuntu didn't resolve the issues that I was having.� So the fact that the machine doesn't turn off from the menu seems to be a bug. Hopefully a fix will come out.
The very slow login up is probably related to using akonadi/nepomuck/virtuoso search facilities and an encrypted home drive since if I login as another user, the login is fairly quick.
Perhaps I'll unencrypt the home drive and setup a private encrypted folder for anything sensitive.
Cheers,
Chris
Looks like I'm up for a reinstall of Kubuntu Oneric.dpkg --get-selections > installed-softwarefollowed bydpkg --set-selections < installed-software seems like a great way to get you installed software back into the fresh install.