[Bug 975867] Re: /sbin/halt fails to halt system

[eXtace]

Also affects me  as well.  On VMware ESX 3.5 using 12.04 AMD64 guests.
It's worse on VMWare because the guest console won't show anything at
that state, so it's hard to know if it REALLY halted or not aside from
not pinging back on the network side.

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Title:
  /sbin/halt fails to halt system

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  issuing the halt commando (e.g. halt as root) will not switch off the
  computer. All services will be stopped, a final ¨ * Will now halt"is
  posted on the console (a desktop installation), but the computer does
  not switch off. Either it needs to be switched off at the machine
  (physical machine) or a "Fore off"needs to be performed (kvm virtual)
  needs to be performed.

  This happens when /sbin/halt is used.
  When the (unity?) menu "Shut Down..." is used, the machine switches off as expected (either shut down from login-console when not logged on, or from (unity?) menu when logged on).

  /sbin/reboot reboots the machine correctly.

  See attached screenshot for graphical output.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: upstart 1.3-0ubuntu11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Apr  7 12:50:22 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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