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

[Tony Pursell]

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.
>
> Maybe there is some funny bug in the shut down procedure?
>
>
I've had this problem a lot on my desktop PC - I hear the disk drive stop,
but I need to press and hold the on/off button to switch it off.  Sometimes
I get a full shutdown.  Of course, its not on battery power :)
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