Kubuntu/Ubuntu does not remove everything from memory at shutdown

[Reinhold Rumberger]

On Saturday 13 March 2010, Mark Greenwood wrote:
> On Saturday 13 Mar 2010 19:12:13 Reinhold Rumberger wrote:
> > On Saturday 13 March 2010, Mark Greenwood wrote:
> > I've kinda been replying to Steve and not you; for him the only
> > combination that does not work is the Kubuntu->Win7, for which
> > he is apparently using an unsupported driver.
> > IOW, this seems to be a different issue from yours, which is why
> > I'm ignoring any info you gave while I'm concerning myself with
> > *his* problem - it just doesn't apply. Also, this thread is
> > kinda long and I can't keep everything in mind.
> 
> OK, I kind of assumed we had the same problem as the symptoms look
> the same (at least to me) and I was trying to add more info. But
> if you think they're different problems then I'll step out so you
> can keep focussed. I've been round this loop before.. :-)

With driver issues I've learned that you likely only have the same 
issue when you share exactly the same hardware model(s). And sound 
issues can be symptoms for a great variety of problems.
In Steve's case this seems to be the issue that Ubuntu leaves the 
sound card in a state that a very strange driver configuration can't 
deal with (whereas both Ubuntu and Mandriva can).
In your case I'd say it is a symptom for Ubuntu's inability to 
trigger a proper reboot.
I'm not really great with hardware problems, and I don't have any 
experience with Sonys, but if you'd like I could try bouncing some 
ideas off you to see whether we could find a workaround. You could 
either start a new thread or try mailing me privately.
Just as long as you don't start making ridiculous claims that your 
firefox is still running after a reboot... :-D

> > > This only applies on my Sony laptop. My Acer laptop and my
> > > desktop reset properly. I know it could be a BIOS issue, but
> > > if it is then why does Mandriva work?
> > 
> > 'Cause Sony uses a buggy ACPI table
> 
> Oh now there we definitely agree :-)

:-P

  --Reinhold