[Bug 987220] Re: no complete shutdown

[Steve Langasek]

> Sometime it works with command: shutdown now -h
> It never works with command: halt

That refers to bug #880240, which is not the bug reported by the
submitter.  The 'halt' command does not do what people assume it does.
You need to call either 'shutdown -h now', or 'poweroff', or 'halt -p'.

The bug here is with the system not shutting down when shut down from
the GUI - that's not at all due to a user calling the wrong command from
the commandline.  Perhaps the GUI makes the same wrong assumption and
calls 'halt' when it should not, or perhaps there's a hardware-specific
issue with the poweroff handling.  (This would not be the first time
that had happened, but most such problems were long ago with a much less
mature kernel.)

** Summary changed:

- no complete shutdown
+ System does not power off reliably when "Shut Down" chosen from GUI

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Title:
  System does not power off reliably when "Shut Down" chosen from GUI

Status in The Session Menu:
  Incomplete
Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Shutting down the computer using the menue does not work always correct. It often does not complete turn off the computer. The power LED and the LED of the bluetooth unit remain on. Also the fan is still running and won't stop. 
  Shutting down the computer with "sudo shutdown -h now" using the terminal works fine.

  I am using a Dell Inspiron 1720.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: indicator-session 0.3.96-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Apr 23 12:26:10 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/indicator-session/gtk-logout-helper
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: indicator-session
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-21 (1 days ago)
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: upstart
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Tags:  precise
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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