On 16 November 2011 16:31, Andy Braben <andybra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. >> >> Maybe there is some funny bug in the shut down procedure? >> -- >> Thanks and regards, >> >> Jon Reynolds (j0nr) >> ---------------------------- >> http://www.jcrdevelopments.com > > > Maybe it has nothing whatsoever to do with the shutdown procedure that is > causing the problem. > > OK I have an Acer Revo which nobody is talking about, but these hang on > 10.04 and 10.10 (and presumably later, but upgrades haven't had the problem > reoccurring). > > This problem was caused by the wifi driver. The resolution was to add > "blacklist rt2800pci" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf > > I have no idea if that will solve your problem, but as with my issue, it > might not be a shutdown bug.
Not likely to help with mine I think. No Wifi :) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
