I'm pretty sure now this is an issue with a network drive tool, most likely rpcbind, since I see an error thrown by rpcbind when my laptop fails to shutdown.
I also see the following two errors when my machine boots up: Nov 24 20:19:57 netbook rpcbind: Cannot open '/run/rpcbind/rpcbind.xdr' file for reading, errno 2 (No such file or directory) Nov 24 20:19:57 netbook rpcbind: Cannot open '/run/rpcbind/portmap.xdr' file for reading, errno 2 (No such file or directory) I wonder if these missing files are causing the shutdown issue. I found these by simply cat /var/log/syslog | grep rpcbind Can some ubuntu devs PLEASE start to respond to this issue so we can fix it, OK, it might not be a bug of stock Ubuntu, but it is a bug of the upgrade...... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882817 Title: shutdown screen stuck after upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/882817/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs