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  1. Bug #880240
  2. Comment #50

Comment 50 for bug 880240

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Yannick Drolet (ydrolet) wrote :

You could try the workaround found in this article: http://linux.koolsolutions.com/2009/08/04/howto-fix-linux-hangfreeze-during-reboots-and-restarts/ "reboot=bios" fixed the shutdown and reboot hangs for me.

Run in terminal> sudo nano /etc/default/grub
Edit this line and save> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="reboot=bios"
Run in terminal> sudo update-grub
Restart your PC