[Bug 880240] Re: ubuntu 11.10 : the system doesn't turn off if "sudo halt" is given

[crjackson]

I assume this is the same bug that's affecting 8 of my systems, and
several other people on the ubuntu forums. If I select to shutdown from
the normal GUI menu, I get a popup conformation and after selecting my
choice, it throws me back to the desktop as though I never issued a
shutdown request, OR it starts to shutdown and hangs with unity gone but
a grayed/shaded desktop view, a black screen, or a login screen.

My workaround was to issue a dbus shutdown and create a launcher for the
Dash bar. This is no solution, but it's a usable workaround.

dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit
/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager
org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Stop

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Title:
  ubuntu 11.10 : the system doesn't turn off if "sudo halt" is given

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Since I upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 the system doesn't turn off at
  the end of halt procedure if it's called via commandline (local or
  remote shell) . At some point of halt procedure the system freezes and
  all I can do is turning off pc via physical power button and halting
  it using GUI or via "sudo shutdown -h now" , these two methods work
  flawlessly.

   I have this problem on both x86_64 and x86. Anyway if I shut down the
  pc using ligthdm or unity the system is turned off properly.

  Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:	11.10
  Linux travelmate 3.0.0-13-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Mon Oct 17 20:18:09 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

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