hangs indefinitely on reboot and shutdown

[bob eback]

for at least two weeks now, i can neither shutdown or reboot the system. i have tried the
shutdown' and 'restart' dropdowns from the panel, and i have tried terminal command 'sudo reboot - h now ' and 'sudo shutdwon - h now'. I can only perform either of these by holding down the power button for several seconds.

[bob eback (bob-eback)]

dell xps 8300 , ATI/AMD FGLRX proprietary driver (post-release version will not install), 12.04 alpha, upgraded to beta.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.

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[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in upstart.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Please reproduce the bgu the run in a terminal
apport-collect 967881
Thanks
Fabio
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[bob eback (bob-eback)]

As of this morning (3/29/2012), the problem seems to have been resolved. i can now reboot from the panel and from the terminal; i can also shutdown from the panel and from the terminal. Thank you! this fix appplies not only to my dell inspiron 8300 (ati), but also to my Latitude d600 and my dell mini 1012, all running 12.04 beta.