[Bug 987220] Re: System does not power off reliably when "Shut Down" chosen from GUI

[Stefan Essl]

I experienced similiar problems when notebooks (their CPU) are getting hot:
- the machines stuck / freezes and i wasn't able  to do anything.

Machines got hot when the power management didn't work as expected...and
the problem was the ACPI or APM configuration/manipulation in BIOS (if
there was any possibility at all) or in the kernel...and things got
better and started to work with ubuntu 8.04

The great problem is, so do i think, that there are many hardware
vendors, and they all have different components from different
manufacturers and they all have different BIOS Software and not all have
the time to stick to conventions/norms/standards or they don't like the
standards....but it is really hard to find out, if it is a real hardware
damage or a workaround, with which one could live...

In your case there must be a solution, because it worked with 10.04 LTS, so it has to work with 12.04 LTS too.
Maybe there was a certain/extra kernel module in10.04 in use for your notebook, which made it work as expected?

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Title:
  System does not power off reliably when "Shut Down" chosen from GUI

Status in The Session Menu:
  Incomplete
Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “gnome-session” source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in “indicator-session” source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in “upstart” source package in Precise:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Shutting down the computer using the menue does not work always correct. It often does not complete turn off the computer. The power LED and the LED of the bluetooth unit remain on. Also the fan is still running and won't stop. 
  Shutting down the computer with "sudo shutdown -h now" using the terminal works fine.

  I am using a Dell Inspiron 1720.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: indicator-session 0.3.96-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Apr 23 12:26:10 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/indicator-session/gtk-logout-helper
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: indicator-session
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-21 (1 days ago)
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: upstart
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Tags:  precise
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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