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? > > I've had this problem a lot on my desktop PC - I hear the disk drive stop, but I need to press and hold the on/off button to switch it off. Sometimes I get a full shutdown. Of course, its not on battery power :)
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