Mint 10 startup/shutdown problem

[rustyboy]

Having used Mint from a live CD for a while (and having installed Mint 8 way back when), I downloaded the Mint LMDE XFCE 10 RC and installed it. All went well except for a few glitches (had to apt-get NTP so time would sync, video player complains about dir not found each use from within TB). The big problem I have though. is when I choose to startup or restart. Sometimes, not every time, a cold start gives me a half a screen full of text (not the usual stuff I see) before a hang, forcing a hard reset.

Likewise, a reset starts the process and gets to a certain point before freezing with a line like "restarting kernel" (or something like that). A straightforward shutdown is fine.

Having installed the RC, I assume my release is fine as I have done all the updates. Is this so?

Anyone got any ideas where I should start? I read the user guide to no avail. I searched known problems but found nothing there either.

Thanks,
R.

[spaceboy]

Can you post any other info from the text output before it hangs, such as any error messages or just anything that might be a hint. Might also post your basic system specs.

[cfskellyvt]

Rustyboy, I also am experiencing problems with the restart on a IBM Thinkcenter E50(M/t:9215-A1U). The shutdown works fine but the restart hangs just at the end after a Restarting System line appears. I am running Ubuntu 10_04 as a duel boot option on the GRUB boot loader. I have read a few things to try but nothing seem to work. Ideas were: Perform a warm boot, then cold boot then disable the acpi, reset the BIOS, smp, kbd,efi and pci interfaces. I am running the Main Edition of Julia(Mint 10).
Any help would be appreciated. Chuck