I found a work around in Bug #274995. By inserting "ifconfig eth0 down" at the beginning of the stop) section of /etc/init.d/alsa-utils file the problem has been resolved.
How should I proceed from here? Please advise. Thank you. -- System hangs at Shutting down ASLA on Shutdown/Restart https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296762 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