Same here, though I never had the same problem with 6.06 Aftter chosing shutdown, the Ubuntu animation is shown until the orange bar goes completely blank/black. After that the screen freezes and power is not switched off.
Upgraded to edgy from Dapper on VAIO PCG-6H2M laptop. -- Shutdown does not turn off my computer completely https://launchpad.net/bugs/66994 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs