I have this problem too and it helped mi to edit the file called "halt".
** Attachment added: "/etc/init.d/halt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25530105/halt -- noisy halt if /proc/ide doesn't exist https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/92685 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