using virtual box system kubuntu desktop environment won't shutdown

Bug #805906 reported by starslights
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned
Oneiric
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned
Precise
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

I am testing the kubuntu DVD amd64 on virtualbox 4.0.10 and on live session, the system won't shutdown after press "shutdown button".

Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
Release: 11.10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.7.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 5 11:27:24 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110704)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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starslights (starslights) wrote :
tags: added: iso-testing
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Chad A Davis (chadadavis) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug. It sounds similar to something that I'm seeing. Can you try one thing to confirm this:

Boot the live DVD, select restart, wait until the hard drive activity stops (or just wait a good minute or two), then press the enter key and see if the system reboots.

That is the behavior I'm seeing. I simply see the desktop background, which seems to suggest that's it's not hanging, but rather that plymouth is simply not drawing the shutdown splash correctly.

summary: - [iso testing] system won't shutdown
+ system won't shutdown
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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starslights (starslights) wrote : Re: system won't shutdown

Hi Chad A. Davis ,

I have restarted like you told me and this time it has shutdown correctly.

Best Regards

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

This is not a bug with the installer, ubiquity, rather it is one with the live environment and or Kubuntu itself.

summary: - system won't shutdown
+ using virtual box system won't shutdown
summary: - using virtual box system won't shutdown
+ using virtual box system kubuntu desktop environment won't shutdown
affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) → casper (Ubuntu)
Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig) wrote :

I've had similar experiences on a kubuntu install on my main machine - not virtual box.
I select shutdown, the screen greys out a bit - but all the apps are still running and it doesn't get any further; I can still type in a konsole and do a sudo shutdown -h now

Having said that, it's got more broken now, the shutdown option has disappeared from the leave menu - that's bug 853294

Dave

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lljccoael (lljccoael-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Has anyone yet found the cause?

I'm having a hard time figuring out how this problem is only of Medium importance. Maybe it hasn't been reported enough, and if there is another bug report on this issue, I cannot find it.

I am using the latest daily build live-cd, and every time I have to put in my user password, be it to install a piece of software in Muon Package Manager, or open a folder as root, there is a very good chance I will not be able to shut down. My guess is that this is the only common factor preceding a hang on shutdown. Just as Dave Gilbert wrote: "I select shutdown, the screen greys out a bit - but all the apps are still running and it doesn't get any further; I can still type in a konsole and do a sudo shutdown -h now." In my opinion, this is a huge problem for ordinary users.

I was able to reproduce this on a laptop, a Toshiba Satellite L305-S5937, with and without Plymouth enabled, so the problem still occurs even when there is no shutdown splash screen or animated progress bar.

I hope this is addressed before release.

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lljccoael (lljccoael-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Also, I am not using virtual box. I am talking about an installed system.

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lljccoael (lljccoael-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Well, updating with xorg-edgers (as a last resort), fixed the installed system problem on this hardware.

Changed in casper (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: added: kubuntu
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Volker Lanz (vl-fidra) wrote :

Analysis while checking #837870:

1. Run KDE Partition Manager from the Live CD.
2. Modify something so an operation is added to the list of pending operations.
3. Quit the application without applying operations. It will ask if you really want to quit, spawning a knotify process to do that.
4. Agree to quit without applying operations.
5. Shutdown the system. It will ask for confirmation, then just sit there, apparently fully usable.
6. Find root's knotify process in a shell. Kill it.
7. Shutdown proceeds.

Note the behaviour has probably nothing at all to do with KDE Partition Manager. It's just one application that spawns a knotify process.

This issue should probably be taken to bugs.kde.org if it's not there already.

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Stéphane Graber (stgraber) wrote :

Not casper's fault and no obvious workaround to do in casper, moving back to Ubuntu for triaging.

affects: casper (Ubuntu) → ubuntu
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

oneiric has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the oneiric task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release

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