Karmic doesn't shut down - just freezes

[DamianR]

After updating from Jaunty to Karmic my laptop doesn't shut down - just freezes. Each time I try to shut (or restart) Karmic it freezes at the same moment - black screen and white ubuntu logo. I tried waiting for 15-20 minutes, but nothing ever happens - I have to hold the power button to shut it down..... Not sure what else to say, that's it basically...

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 10 00:34:22 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1756): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1756): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1846): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1842): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (gnome-panel:1838): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -5 and height 24

[WeatherGod (ben-v-root)]

DamianR, did you happen to originally install Ubuntu using wubi (from Windows)?

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

have you tried to add some kernel parameters like acpi=off noapic nolapic?

[DamianR (damian-r)]

1. yes, i did install Ubuntu using wubi originally.

2. i read somewhere about scpi=off, and that's all i've tried... didn't help a bit.

[WeatherGod (ben-v-root)]

DamianR, you are in luck! I am setting this bug as a duplicate of bug 468589

On that page, there should be a testing .deb file available for you to try, or you can wait for an update.