I installed, from pendrive, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in dell inspiron 1501 (with windows XP), the windows poweroff normally, but ubuntu do not: it goes shutdown apparently normally but finally do not power off the labtop.
The last lines reported are: All fylesystems unmounted Deactivating swaps All swaps deactivated Detaching loop devices All loop devices detached Detachig DM devices All DM devices detached Powering off and the labtop do not power off Ther is a significant note in the previous lines before those lines: Process 1043 (plymouthd) has benn marked to be ecluded form killing....... I am new and no expert linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987220 Title: [Dell Inspiron 1720] System does not power off reliably when "Shut Down" chosen from GUI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-session/+bug/987220/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs