"The trick works inserting "ifconfig wlan0 down" (or the active network interface in use) at the begining of the stop) section of /etc/init.d /alsa-utils."
J's trick worked for me, Laptop now shuts down normal. I've added two lines "ifconfig wlan0 down" and "ifconfig eth0 down". My alsa-utils is detached, please have a try with it. ** Attachment added: "alsa-utils" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18882371/alsa-utils -- 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