I've found few other bugs which seem to be similar but on my laptop it's really the question of this upgrade. As I mentioned I've both kernels and usplash shutdown behaviour is 100% depending on kernel used. So I reported this to help nail down this problem. I hope it helps.
-- Update from linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic to linux-image-2.6.24-17 breaks usplash shutdown screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226439 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
