I believe the shut down problem is resolved. I received updates and the problem has not accured for 2 weeks now. Thanks for the info. William
On 12/18/08, Patrick Kilgore <patrick.kilg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for your bug report and for your contribution to ubuntu. In order > to determine if this issue is usplash related, would you boot your > computer with usplash disabled and then shutdown to see if you can > reproduce the issue? To disable usplash for a single boot, you can > follow these steps : > > 1.Press Esc during Grub boot delay to access the boot menu. > 2.Select your actual Ubuntu boot line and press "e" to edit it. > 3.Select the "kernel" line and press "e" to edit it. > 4.At the end of the line, remove "splash" and "quiet" and press "enter". > 5.Type "b" to boot the custom boot line. > > -- > ubuntu 8.10 will not shut down computer > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301303 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > I upgraded ubuntu from 8.04 to 8.10 and the shut down button will close the > ubuntu screen and then go blank screen with curser at top left corner and > stay there for several minutes and then a message will appear > (acpis-exiting) and then it will shut down the PC ,other times it will stay > there and not shut down the PC and I will need to to do a manual hard shut > down. > William > -- Bill -- ubuntu 8.10 will not shut down computer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301303 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
