Update: I used a spare HDD on the same laptop and setup 16.04 LTS per Ubuntu Disk Partitioning recommendations as follows: Swap, /, and Home in that order. Grub is on the 1st Primary as boot, Swap, /, and Home are logical on the 1st extended. There are no other operating systems on this HDD. There is only this one HDD physically installed. With this HDD installed as described here I NO LONGER have issues during shutdown or reboot.
If I physically install the original HDD as it is described in this bug description I Still DO have issues with the hang on shutdown and reboot. I cannot conclude anything but I speculate that the original HDD setup as /, Home, Swap in that order, or the config of fstab may have some significance to the issue. It has been over 2 months using this new HDD in my laptop without any hangs. There has never been a Target reached Shutdown hang since installing the new HDD. I waited to be sure the hang is gone before reporting any new data. I will keep this new hardware configuration and use the original HDD as a spare for future use. Thank you for all your efforts to resolve the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1582011 Title: Swap Failed, Indefinite hang on reboot/shutdown "Reached target Shutdown" Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This bug has been affecting me since 15.04 Prior to shutdown I activate debug-shell 'systemctl start debug-shell' I have followed bug #1464917 and installed Xenial-proposed with systemd 229-4ubuntu5 package. I have finally collected shutdown info using vt9. Issues collecting info due to what I believe is a timeout where vt9 is not activated when ctl+alt+F9 is pressed. I was able to collect info in vt9 to file "shutdown.text" I appended outputs to file "shutdown.text" the following commands in this order: systemctl list-jobs >>shutdown.text systemctl --failed >>shutdown.text uname -a >>shutdown.text systemd --version >>shutdown.text lsblk >>shutdown.text blkid >>shutdown.text journalctl -b >>shutdown.text systemctl -all >>shutdown.text journalctl -xe >>shutdown.text After gaining these data I was only able to finish the reboot with the alt+Sysrq and REISUB which forces a reboot even when I just want to shutdown Each output I separated upon next boot by hand with a line ######################### for easier perusing. As a workaround for shutdown/reboot I turn swap off, 'sudo swapoff -a && systemctl poweroff' or 'sudo swapoff -a && reboot' which occasionally fails if SWAP has more data than available RAM. In that latter case I am left waiting for the hang and then using alt+Sysrq+REISUB to reboot then shutdown again immediately upon boot before SWAP has a chance to gain data, then I can use any form of halt, poweroff or menu to shutdown. I have been unable to get answers from AskUbuntu or the above listed bug #1464917 "Reached target Shutdown" I am filing this bug per instructions requested in that bug. Other systemd bugs I have researched #788303 Debian bug reports, #2930 Github and #3087 Github. Thanks for your time and efforts to help with this issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: systemd 229-4ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.39-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun May 15 12:08:34 2016 ExecutablePath: /lib/systemd/systemd InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-29 (321 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-FW250J ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-22-generic root=UUID=b010e611-6efb-49a9-bff0-59b9533d659b ro resume=UUID=8bcb4169-f5ab-4ab6-b644-23e528088d41 usbcore.autosuspend=-1 SourcePackage: systemd SystemdDelta: [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service → /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf [EXTENDED] /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service → /lib/systemd/system/display-manager.service.d/xdiagnose.conf [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service → /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf 3 overridden configuration files found. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-26 (18 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/25/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: R1090Y0 dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A dmi.board.name: VAIO dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.board.version: N/A dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR1090Y0:bd07/25/2008:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-FW250J:pvrC6011MLK:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: VGN-FW250J dmi.product.version: C6011MLK dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1582011/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp