The alsa-utils file by Daniel didn't work for me. I didn't add extra debugging so I don't know now if the "amixer $CARDOPT sget "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1" causes the delay now.
Some more info: Running /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop from the command line while Ubuntu is running causes no delay. Also, I thought it used to work a long time (months) ago so can we check the differences between the versions? (Or can you tell me how to view previous alsa-utils versions? I'm a Linux developer too, but not a Ubuntu developer ;)) -- shutdown freeze on alsa shutdown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274995 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs