Sorry that this was not looked at sooner, but I am closing this due to age. If this is still a problem on newer releases, please open a new bug report.
** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1955704 Title: systemd/plymouth preventing reboot/shutdown Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Plymouth seems to be busy with trying to show a "Halt" and also a "Reboot" screen during shutdown, and in trying to do so preventing the actual shutdown procedure to succeed. It even continues to do so after forcing the shutdown/reboot procedure as can be seen in the attached screenshot. Systemd then continues the show with waiting for an obscure kwin process, which ceased to exist long before. Of course, systemctl doesn't work at this stage any more either, so log files are useless. p.s. after giving the two processes systemd & plymouth several minutes to finish what they were claiming to do, I had tp pull the plug to end this farce. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1955704/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp