[Bug 1299225] [NEW] stale nfs file handle blocks shutdown

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I'm running a fully updated Kubuntu 13.10 on a 64-bit Lenovo Z58 laptop.
When I shut down, the shutdown process gets stuck with the message
"stale nfs file handle".  The system just sits there thereafter.  I know
what's going on but I don't know what to do about it, and a system fix
is clearly needed.

I have a mounted remote nfs file system.  At shutdown, the network shuts
down and leaves the connection stranded before the file system can be
unmounted.  This problem has been reported already in connection with
cifs but not, as far as I know, in connection with nfs.

What's needed is a check of mounted file systems before the network is
shut down.  Any remote file system, whether cifs or nfs, should then be
unmounted.   Only after the unmount is confirmed can the shutdown
process continue.  I don't have enough system knowledge to implement
this myself, or I would.

** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


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stale nfs file handle blocks shutdown
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299225
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