On 16 November 2011 15:22, Jon Reynolds <maill...@jcrdevelopments.com> wrote: > On Wed, November 16, 2011 10:10, Barry Drake wrote: >> >> Curiously, I experienced the same problem exactly, just twice, on a >> Samsung N150 Netbook with 11.10. The only way out was to unplug the >> battery for ten seconds. Nothing else got any response. >> >> Regards, Barry. >> >> -- >> Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. >> http://ubuntuadverts.org/ >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > And curiously still, I have a Samsung N130 running 11,10 which recently, > when shut down, exhibits similar behaviour. It goes to the text screen, > where it says it is stopping services etc., but then hangs....if I haven't > noticed, the battery eventually runs out. But I can force it to shut down > by holding the power button.
I think that is quite a different problem, hanging during shutdown. My machine does a full normal shutdown, but then leaves the standby light flashing. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/