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Sometimes the reboot, shutdown or halt command fail. Then this is the answer:

echo 1 >/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq echo b >/proc/sysrq-trigger

1. Change the userid in NetInfoManager from another administrative account (ex. 502->1000).
2. Change the file permissions:

sudo find / -xdev -user 502 -print -exec chown 1000 {} \;

The need for this appeared because the Unicorn software that controls our Äkta Explorer can only export the raw chromatographic curves in EMF format. Pathetic. After trying out various things, I went with OpenOffice. OpenOffice Draw can import EMF files and save as SVG. Other applications capable of opening EMF are FreeHand and CorelDraw (tested on Macintosh). However, FreeHand cannot export as SVG.