I also have this bug. I use KAlarm and my computer with Ubuntu 12.04 (Gnome desktop) took several minutes to shutdown.
Link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1764048 gave me the hint how to solve this problem. This link contains methods to prevent te starting up of nepomuk and akonadi in 3 steps. If you don't want to use KAlarm, it might be safe to apply all three steps. However, doing so, KAlarm could not be used. It asked to start-up akonadi first. So I tried what would happen if I only used the two steps preventing the (complete) start-up of nepomuk, and that worked great. KAlarm works and Ubuntu 12.04 shuts down within a few seconds. The steps to apply are: 1. Add the following lines to ~/.kde/share/config/nepomukserverrc (and their sections if they don't exist) (change the value from "true" to "false" if they do exist and are set on "true"; [Basic Settings] Start Nepomuk=false [Service-nepomukmigration1] autostart=false [Service-nepomukstrigiservice] autostart=false 2. Remove the file /usr/share/autostart/nepomukcontroller.desktop, if it exists. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1053783 Title: Ubuntu 12.04 - Stalled shutdown after having had KAlarm opened; with package info. Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In Ubuntu 12.04, the shutdown is stalling - for about 2 minutes - but only on occasions when I have opened - and then quit - KAlarm. A window pops up Stating that, 'A Program is still running'; Unknown (not responding); and, there are 3 buttons to choose: 'Lock Screen', 'Cancel' and 'Shutdown Anyway'. Initial report was Bug #1053779 but had no package information. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-session-bin 3.2.1-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic-pae 3.2.27 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Sep 21 13:22:35 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-session InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-session UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1053783/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
