On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:58:28AM -0000, Marco M Scannadinari wrote:
> In the meantime, can anyone suggest a safe way to shutdown bypassing the
> plymouth splash, as ths may be damaging my drive, MB, etc
It is very unlikely that plymouth itself is causing the issue. You can try
booting without the 'splash' option to see if the hang still happens without
plymouth's graphical splash.
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:58:28AM -0000, Marco M Scannadinari wrote:
> In the meantime, can anyone suggest a safe way to shutdown bypassing the
> plymouth splash, as ths may be damaging my drive, MB, etc
It is very unlikely that plymouth itself is causing the issue. You can try
booting without the 'splash' option to see if the hang still happens without
plymouth's graphical splash.