[ubuntu-uk] Problem when powering off - suspend light flashing

[Colin Law]

On 16 November 2011 15:22, Jon Reynolds <maillist at jcrdevelopments.com> wrote:
> On Wed, November 16, 2011 10:10, Barry Drake wrote:
>>
>> Curiously, I experienced the same problem exactly, just twice, on a
>> Samsung N150 Netbook with 11.10.  The only way out was to unplug the
>> battery for ten seconds.  Nothing else got any response.
>>
>> Regards,        Barry.
>>
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>
> And curiously still, I have a Samsung N130 running 11,10 which recently,
> when shut down, exhibits similar behaviour. It goes to the text screen,
> where it says it is stopping services etc., but then hangs....if I haven't
> noticed, the battery eventually runs out. But I can force it to shut down
> by holding the power button.

I think that is quite a different problem, hanging during shutdown.
My machine does a full normal shutdown, but then leaves the standby
light flashing.

Colin