When shutdown is hung, can you find out which nepomuk processes are still running?
You can do this by executing 'ps -ef | grep nepomuk' at a terminal. Also, do you have any network filesystems? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1053783 Title: Ubuntu 12.04 - Stalled shutdown after having had KAlarm opened; with package info. Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In Ubuntu 12.04, the shutdown is stalling - for about 2 minutes - but only on occasions when I have opened - and then quit - KAlarm. A window pops up Stating that, 'A Program is still running'; Unknown (not responding); and, there are 3 buttons to choose: 'Lock Screen', 'Cancel' and 'Shutdown Anyway'. Initial report was Bug #1053779 but had no package information. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-session-bin 3.2.1-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic-pae 3.2.27 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Sep 21 13:22:35 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-session InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-session UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1053783/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp