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

[Colin Law]

On 16 November 2011 16:31, Andy Braben <andybraben at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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>> > http://ubuntuadverts.org/
>> >
>> >
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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.
>>
>> Maybe there is some funny bug in the shut down procedure?
>> --
>> Thanks and regards,
>>
>> Jon Reynolds (j0nr)
>> ----------------------------
>> http://www.jcrdevelopments.com
>
>
> Maybe it has nothing whatsoever to do with the shutdown procedure that is
> causing the problem.
>
> OK I have an Acer Revo which nobody is talking about, but these hang on
> 10.04 and 10.10 (and presumably later, but upgrades haven't had the problem
> reoccurring).
>
> This problem was caused by the wifi driver. The resolution was to add
> "blacklist rt2800pci" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
>
> I have no idea if that will solve your problem, but as with my issue, it
> might not be a shutdown bug.

Not likely to help with mine I think.  No Wifi :)

Colin