Puzzled - how Netrunner makes it right and Kubuntu does not?

[Juan R. de Silva]

> Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> 
>> I cannot restart or shutdown Kubuntu neither via GUI, nor from CLI
>> within a session, nor from GUI or TTY after logout. "Will now halt..."
>> is displayed and stays there forever forcing the use of Power Off
>> button.
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
>> Any ideas folks?
> 
> This is probably a long (or endless, or interminable!) shot, but are you
> using NFS to connect your computer to other computers in your local
> network? It can hang your computer on shut-down if you didn't dismount
> the other computer(s) before it (they) shut down. Like I said, it's
> probably a long shot, but hey - you never know! (:

No, I do not use NFS. I do connect periodically to another computers 
using SSH, however I've made sure to unmount another FS before attempting 
to restart/shutdown.

Thanks for a suggestion.