I'm running Linux Mint 13 (Maya) 64-bit edition with Cinnamon 1.4 desktop on a 64-bit dual boot Phenom II computer. It's a great alternative to Ubuntu 12.04 but I'm having one minor problem.
When I click on "Restart" or "Shutdown," I get a terminal screen that scrolls through several screens worth of messages, and then it simply hangs. I've waited as long as half an hour in case something was just slow but it's simply locked up. The only way to get the computer back is to do a power-off restart.
And no, I don't know how to capture the screens of information prior to the computer freezing.
Shutdown and Restart Hang
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brolin1911a1
Shutdown and Restart Hang
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timppu
Re: Shutdown and Restart Hang
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=114996
You might want to try some of the things I've tried already (unsuccessfully). I have a bit similar problem, but for me restart works, but shutdown does not power down the system as it should. I googled a lot for it, and some of those suggestions seemed to work for some, among them people where restart didn't work either.
There seem to be lots of optional fixes that might or might not work.
You might want to try some of the things I've tried already (unsuccessfully). I have a bit similar problem, but for me restart works, but shutdown does not power down the system as it should. I googled a lot for it, and some of those suggestions seemed to work for some, among them people where restart didn't work either.
There seem to be lots of optional fixes that might or might not work.
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brolin1911a1
Re: Shutdown and Restart Hang
And those things are..... ? My Google-fu was weak. That's how I ended up here. What were some of the things you tried?timppu wrote:http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=114996
You might want to try some of the things I've tried already (unsuccessfully). I have a bit similar problem, but for me restart works, but shutdown does not power down the system as it should. I googled a lot for it, and some of those suggestions seemed to work for some, among them people where restart didn't work either.
There seem to be lots of optional fixes that might or might not work.
Oops! I missed that link. I'll try them.
You were right. Those suggestions don't work for me either. The irony is that Windows Vista and Ubuntu (11.04 through 12.04) seem to shutdown just fine. Only Mint is giving me that problem.
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tilman victor
Re: Shutdown and Restart Hang
Does the problem persist if you disable wlan support (i.e. prevent the kernel module from loading at boot time)?
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timppu
Re: Shutdown and Restart Hang
For me at least Ubuntu has exactly the same problem, 11.04 and the latest 12.04.1. I don't quite recall if it was the same back when I tried also some other, older Linux distros like some Fedoras, but I think I've had this no-poweroff problem on that machine with many Linux distros. Come to think of it, I did try the latest CentOS on it too, and I think it had the same problem too. Not fully sure though.brolin1911a1 wrote: The irony is that Windows Vista and Ubuntu (11.04 through 12.04) seem to shutdown just fine. Only Mint is giving me that problem.
With WinXP no such problems, so that hardware should be up to it (APM or ACPI?).
By the way, does e.g. "sudo poweroff" power down your system correctly? Or some of the other shutdown commands from the command line? For many people the problem seemed to be that powering down worked from the command line, but for some reason not from the shutdown menu item.