Jaunty & Interpid: won't power off on shutdown or reboot

[John OBrien]

Ubuntu 8.10
When I select Shut Down Ubuntu closes down but the PC does not power off, and while the Ubuntu termination screen goes away the monitor has a cursor blinking in the upper left corner.
This is an HP Pavilion 750n with the following hardware:
 lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8070
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
 Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
 Memory behind bridge: f4000000-f5efffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f5f00000-f7ffffff
 Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 05)
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000dfff
 Memory behind bridge: f2800000-f3ffffff
 Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 05)
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
 Kernel modules: intel-rng, iTCO_wdt

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 80 [Master])
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8028
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
 [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
 [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
 [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
 I/O ports at b800 [size=16]
 Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
 Kernel modules: ata_piix

00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 05)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8028
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
 I/O ports at b400 [size=32]
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
 Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 05)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8028
 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
 I/O ports at e800 [size=16]
 Kernel modules: i2c-i801

00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 05)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8028
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
 I/O ports at b000 [size=32]
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
 Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 05)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 806a
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
 I/O ports at a800 [size=256]
 I/O ports at a400 [size=64]
 Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
 Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 0239
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
 Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
 Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
 Expansion ROM at f5ff0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel modules: nvidiafb, rivafb

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 3013
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
 Memory at f3800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 I/O ports at d800 [size=64]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: e100
 Kernel modules: e100, eepro100

02:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 04) (prog-if 10)
 Subsystem: Risq Modular Systems, Inc. Device 5811
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
 Memory at f3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
 Kernel modules: ohci1394

02:0b.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Risq Modular Systems, Inc. Device 044e
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9
 Memory at f2800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256]
 I/O ports at d400 [disabled] [size=8]
 I/O ports at d000 [disabled] [size=256]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

Thanks for any assistance.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-terminal 2.24.1.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

[Chris Crisafulli (itnet7)]

Thanks for your bug report and for your contribution to ubuntu. In order to determine if this issue is usplash related, would you boot your computer with usplash disabled and then shutdown to see if you can reproduce the issue? To disable usplash for a single boot, you can follow these steps :

1.Press Esc during Grub boot delay to access the boot menu.
2.Select your actual Ubuntu boot line and press "e" to edit it.
3.Select the "kernel" line and press "e" to edit it.
4.At the end of the line, remove "splash" and "quiet" and press "enter".
5.Type "b" to boot the custom boot line.

Thanks again.

Chris

[John OBrien (mobrien)]

Chris,

thanks for the reply. When I edited the boot line I found 'quiet' but no
'splash'.
I removed 'quiet', but it made no difference.

Thanks again,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Crisafulli" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 7:01 AM
Subject: [Bug 326988] Re: HP desktop won't power off on shutdown

Thanks for your bug report and for your contribution to ubuntu. In order
to determine if this issue is usplash related, would you boot your
computer with usplash disabled and then shutdown to see if you can
reproduce the issue? To disable usplash for a single boot, you can
follow these steps :

1.Press Esc during Grub boot delay to access the boot menu.
2.Select your actual Ubuntu boot line and press "e" to edit it.
3.Select the "kernel" line and press "e" to edit it.
4.At the end of the line, remove "splash" and "quiet" and press "enter".
5.Type "b" to boot the custom boot line.

Thanks again.

Chris

** Changed in: usplash (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None => usplash

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HP desktop won't power off on shutdown
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326988
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

Status in “usplash” source package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Ubuntu 8.10
When I select Shut Down Ubuntu closes down but the PC does not power off,
and while the Ubuntu termination screen goes away the monitor has a cursor
blinking in the upper left corner.
This is an HP Pavilion 750n with the following hardware:
 lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host
Bridge (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8070
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP
Bridge (rev 04)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: f4000000-f5efffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f5f00000-f7ffffff
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 05)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: f2800000-f3ffffff
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 05)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Kernel modules: intel-rng, iTCO_wdt

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev
05) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8028
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
I/O ports at b800 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
Kernel modules: ata_piix

00:...

[Jeffrey Seguerra (jepong)]

try to add "acpi=force" without the double quote in grub... this works for me both ubuntu and kubuntu.

[John OBrien (mobrien)]

Thanks very much, will try it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "jepong" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:48 PM
Subject: [Bug 326988] Re: HP desktop won't power off on shutdown

try to add "acpi=force" without the double quote in grub... this works
for me both ubuntu and kubuntu.

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HP desktop won't power off on shutdown
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326988
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

Status in “usplash” source package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Ubuntu 8.10
When I select Shut Down Ubuntu closes down but the PC does not power off,
and while the Ubuntu termination screen goes away the monitor has a cursor
blinking in the upper left corner.
This is an HP Pavilion 750n with the following hardware:
 lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host
Bridge (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8070
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP
Bridge (rev 04)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: f4000000-f5efffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f5f00000-f7ffffff
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 05)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: f2800000-f3ffffff
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 05)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Kernel modules: intel-rng, iTCO_wdt

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev
05) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8028
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
I/O ports at b800 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
Kernel modules: ata_piix

00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev
05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8028
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at b400 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8028
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e800 [size=16]
Kernel modules: i2c-i801

00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev
05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8028
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at b000 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel module...

[phenest (steve-clark)]

This also happens on my Dell laptop. I found disabling wireless from Network Manager stops this problem.

[Telorn (telorn)]

Same problem described in duplicate bug #332772.

Also there is workaround and an interesting screenshot, so may be it will help to fix it.

checkout here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usplash/+bug/332772

[Paul Rudkin (paulgit)]

I am also seeing this problem on my Dell Inspiron 1525n. However it is only an issue on shutdown, I am able to Reboot, Hibernate and Suspend without an issue.

Removing quiet / splash options in my Grub menu seems to resolve the issue, but it's not so pretty! Please let me know if there is any log / debug information I can provide that will be of use to tracking this problem down.

[Telorn (telorn)]

It seems to me, that problem happenes if i run console, and some using sudo.

for example if i run console, and then run "sudo ls", it won't reboot.

but if i only boot system, and then reboot - sometime it will do well

[Paul Sladen (sladen)]

This could be policykit/fusa related somehow.

[Telorn (telorn)]

But workaround with disabling usplash completely solves the proble, so doesn't know how it could be related with policykit/fusa...

[Michael Kofler (michael-kofler)]

same problem on Lenovo N 500 with GM45 Express (according to Xorg.0.log)

with Ubuntu 9.04 amd64 RC

I can provide lspci etc. if necessary

removing usplash solves the problem for me, so my guess it has to do with the graphic system in some way

if this can't be fixed for Jaunty final, it should at least be mentioned in the release notes! many user won't notice their notebook isn't completly shut down and will see their accumulator completely empty the next time they want to use the notebook

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

I'm marking the ubuntu-release-notes task invalid here. Whatever problems people are having with shutting down in jaunty, this doesn't appear to be generalizable, or even understood well enough that we could tell users anything useful about it in the release notes at this point. We don't want this to turn into a meta-bug attracting comments from anyone who has any sort of problem with their system not powering off, because there are many possible causes for such a bug that may be completely unrelated to one another.

If further diagnosis is done on this bug so that it's better understood, we can revisit the question of including it in the release notes; but currently, there appear to be three different bugs being described in this one bug report alone.

[cicoandcico (cicoandcico)]

in my system i had no problem switching down w/ intrepid i396.

then i switched to jaunty x86-64 and found this issue.

[Gerard Dethier (g-dethier)]

I have the same problem on a Dell Inspiron 1520. Disabling splash solves it.

Release: Ubuntu 9.04 final
Architecture: amd64

[Robert McKee (bertmanphx)]

All,
I may have solved this issue.
I just installed two different kernels, the vanilla "generic" and "server".
All exhibit the same behavior as I fist listed above.
On a hunch, I went into my bios and set the Video Graphic Mode to "SidePort" instead of "UMA+Sideport"
Installing the other kernels put grub back to a default status, and removed my added vga=791.

Now, the machine shuts down properly.

Is this a bug with the radeon driver, or some type of memory write issue?

Robert

[Gerard Dethier (g-dethier)]

I don't think it is a radeon driver issue as I have an nvidia graphics card and use nvidia's proprietary driver.

[Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado (dervishd)]

I have the same problem and my video card is an Intel 4500, so it doesn't seem to be video card related. I've read in another bug report (I don't have the number at hand) that it may be related to the iwlagn module, but again it is difficult to know.

Right now the iwlagn module seems to be related to at least another bug in my system (including this one, which I think it is related to iwlagn), causing random hangups.

I have to carry some tests to determine if this is true or not, though. Right now I just have a suspicion...

[Francisco Bento da Silva Neto (chicobento)]

On my Dell Inspiron 1525 amd64 this problem occurs too.
If I turn the Wireless off, the problem doesn't occurs.
Fixed it by installing the linux-backports-modules-jaunty package.

[Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado (dervishd)]

Some news: I fixed both the poweroff problem *AND* the random freezes by installing linux-backport-modules. The problem was related to iwlagn, finally.

[Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado (dervishd)]

Just noticed the bug was "confirmed" for "usplash". If installing linux-backport-modules-jaunty solved the problem for many of us, maybe the bug is not entirely "usplash" related :??

Looks like it is a double bug: half related with the WiFi card not stopping because the module, half related to some video cards :??

[Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)]

I ran into this same system similar after upgrading to Jaunty on a system that uses autofs and network-manager. The problem was that network-manager by default does not share the connection, so when the user logged out, networking stopped and any network filesystems that were mounted when the user logged out would cause shutdown to hang. The workaround was to check 'Available to all users' for the network connection in network-manager.

[Gerard Dethier (g-dethier)]

In my case, installing linux-backport-modules-jaunty also solved the problem. Actually, usplash was not causing the bug but hiding the real cause : an iwl3945 (or maybe more generally iwlagn) crash.

[Jan Hlodan (wewek)]

I can't shut down the Kubuntu - 9.04, 64b system sometimes. It hangs on "will halt now"
Reboot works fine for me.
I guess that Kubuntu has problem to unmount external disks (1 x fat32, 3 x ext4, 1 x ext3)
My workaround:
unmount all disks manually before shouting down the computer (Toshiba Tecra M9).

[raul (rausuar)]

This bug also affects me. I use a HP Pavilion Laptop dv2872 with Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 x64 over ext4 filesystem. The system can only be restarted turned off by pressing the power button.

I attach the Dmioutput file, and the lspci file.

[Pavol Klačanský (pavolzetor-deactivatedaccount)]

I have ubuntu 9.04 64 bit, and sometimes on shutdown it freeze at "stoping dm devices"

[Raphael Gradenwitz (raphael-gradenwitz)]

I could reproduce all this behavior here.
The main reason for this is (imho!) because of a little (maybe forgotten?) bug in the update-rc.d script:
Quote 'man update-rc.d':
"..Obviously, therefore, the default stop sequence number should be 80. Defaulting to 20, as update-rc.d does, is an old bug .."
It defaults setting the simlinks to 20. As a result, the sendsigs init-script tries to kill all remaining processes while some network filesystems (nfs, cifs, smb) are not yet umounted and/or the networking is not yet stoped etc..
Those symlinks (/etc/rc0.d/S20sendsigs and /etc/rc6.d/S20sendsigs) must be simply renamed to put them on '80', resulting in /etc/rc0.d/S80sendsigs and /etc/rc6.d/S80sendsigs.

This should fix this (it did for me reproducable):
Copy&Paste this Code in your terminal (all in one line):

  sudo update-rc.d -f sendsigs remove && sudo update-rc.d sendsigs start 80 0 6 .

(The last . (dot) is part of the code!)

h.t.h.
Raphael Gradenwitz

[LEO (bilox2000-yahoo)]

hi all.
sorry for my bad english

i had same problem with my laptop Medion MIM2080: no power management, laptop screen stay tuned on in hibernation and shutdown.

i tried to remove spash and Quiet, but nothing changed.

then i remember that some one who had same laptop said to remove ACPI=OFF
i removed it, and i pushed "b" to reboot, and everything went OK:
-Battery has been found and managed by Ubuntu
-hibernation OK
-shutdown OK

but still have wifi (not found even with ndiswrapper) and graphic card problem (no 3D at all)

[LEO (bilox2000-yahoo)]

HELP!

ACPI=OFF came again. Any idea to remove it definitely to the grub? my laptop works correctly only if i remove it.

[joutlan (joutlancpa)]

Wicd network manager was causing my shutdown/restart problem....I went back to the gnome network manager and the problem ceased.

[LEO (bilox2000-yahoo)]

ok, i found how to remove ACPI=OFF definitely from grub.

just Edit the file named menu.lst and find the kernel line like in grub, and remove ACPI=OFF

to edit this file, just press ALT+F2, and type "gksudo gedit" and search for the file in local disk/boot/grub/

removig "ACPI=OFF" and adding "pnpbios=OFF", solved my problem.

[Frank Voncken (frankvoncken)]

With usplash my notebook doesn't want to shut down, it freezes with distorted screen. Removing usplash results in normal shutdown. However and unfortunately, sometimes my notebook freezes, with text saying "kill all processes ... fail" (in red), or blinking cursor after the line "end trace ..." or after text "will now halt..." (see duplicate #332772). I only can get out of there by pressing crtl - alt - del buttons.
I also have 64bits machine (HP7-1199ed) with Ubuntu 9.04 running. I hope it will be solved in the next version (9.10)!

[raul (rausuar)]

Repetitive problem since Ubuntu 8.10, using Laptop HP Pavilion dv2872la, using wireless card Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61).

Everytime you try to shutdown or restart the laptop, after the closing ubuntu splash, the screen gets black with several blinking cursors, sometimes the laptop turns off by itself, other times one has to push the power down button as to power it off.

I have started the kernel without the option QUIET SPLASH, and in the shutdown process I receive the following error message: [261.458176] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Error: Response NULL in 'REPLY_ADD_STA'

As the driver for the aforementioned wireless card is integrated in the kernel, I am posting this bug referred to this package. I also attach the result of lspci command in my laptop.

I hope this info can help, if you need something else, let me know.

I have also installed linux-backports-modules and linux-restricted-modules without any change. I have also noticed this behaviour with the Alpha 4 of Karmic Koala. I haven't been able to fix the problem with the possible solutions mentioned in the comments of this page. I filed a bug report in Bugzilla Intellinuxwireless (http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2081), but they said it was not a problem of the driver.

[Phil Stovell (phil-stovell)]

I too have just found my Jaunty box with the "Power Down" message displayed on the monitor from 9 hours previously and the PC still powered up. It wouldn't respond to anything, I had to hold the power button down to get it to switch off.

I have seen this several times before with Jaunty. I believe it only happens if, on shutdown, it detects that programs are running and comes up with a dialog box about wait or log off anyway, which happened last night. I cannot recall ever having it not power down without this message occuring.

I hope this observation helps.

[raul (rausuar)]

Maybe an additional note is that it behaves like this when having to interact with the NVIDIA propietary drivers (actually I am using 185.18.36).

[raul (rausuar)]

Yes, complementing my previous comment, I am attaching the NVIDIA bug report Log. I know that you cannot change or improve the NVIDIA drivers but maybe in the log you can see what is causing this rare behaviour (maybe a misinteraction between the packages, as I asummed previously) and fix it accordingly.

I have also sent an email to the NVIDIA linux support team, with the same log, as to see if something is not functioning properly.

I hope it helps....

[raul (rausuar)]

Video of the shutdown experience using Karmic Beta (notice the screen after the usplash dissapears)

[John OBrien (mobrien)]

Works fine in 9.10. Thanks.

[HenokMikre (henok)]

I have Sony Vaio VGN-S460 with NVIDIA and this bug is affecting me. It was working fine in 8.04 but now that I upgraded to 9.10, shutdown hangs (with the HDD led on).

[Robert McKee (bertmanphx)]

Hello,
Although I have not got around to adding this on launchpad, I got my
machine working perfectly by adding two items to grub during boot.
radeon.modeset=0 noapic

So far, 10.04 Alpha is working great.

bertmanphx

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Robert's Desktop Machine
Ubuntu Linux 9.04 64 bit.
Evolution Email client.

On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 23:13 +0000, HenokMikre wrote:
> I have Sony Vaio VGN-S460 with NVIDIA and this bug is affecting me. It
> was working fine in 8.04 but now that I upgraded to 9.10, shutdown hangs
> (with the HDD led on).
>

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

The usplash package has been superseded by plymouth and has been removed from the Ubuntu archive. Closing all related bugs.