Shutdown doesn't show xsplash, it shows usplash. Also, do you get into X at all or are you stuck looking at a terminal? This is either a dupe of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xsplash/+bug/440749 or https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xsplash/+bug/441209 .
Shutdown doesn't show xsplash, it shows usplash. Also, do you get into X at all or are you stuck looking at a terminal? This is either a dupe of https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ xsplash/ +bug/440749 or https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ xsplash/ +bug/441209 .