[Bug 1447038] Re: Shutdown/Restart of live session guest does not work in Virtualbox or VMWare

[Alex Dueppen]

Changing the Virtualbox settings and the kernel command line to output
to a text file on the host machine (see
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Serial_redirect) worked to get a log
file, but caused the "Please remove the installation medium, then press
ENTER:" screen as well as a text-mode animation to show up. Pressing
enter did not cause the system to shut itself down though. The text-mode
shutdown animation continued to display along with the "Please remove
the installation medium, then press ENTER:" message. Due to the fact
that the issue changes whenever logging is set up, it will likely be
difficult to debug this issue fully.

** Attachment added: "output-ignore_loglevel.txt"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1447038/+attachment/4543719/+files/output-ignore_loglevel.txt

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Title:
  Shutdown/Restart of live session guest does not work in Virtualbox or
  VMWare

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Hardware: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e613830ce44594c5cf93

  Running a live guest, 20150422 15.04 image.  Cannot shutdown/restart
  using normal procedure/menu item.  Must hard power off the guest.

  Steps to reproduce:
  - Start up live session in Virtualbox or VMWare preferably with the latest daily ISO
  - Select "Shut Down" in the system GUI

  Expected results:
  - The system shuts down and the VM reports that it is shut down

  Actual results:
  - The system does not shut down and instead remains on a blank screen

  Known affected flavors:
  - Ubuntu
  - Xubuntu
  - Ubuntu GNOME
  - Lubuntu
  - Kubuntu
  - Ubuntu MATE

  Notes:
  - The bug does not occur after installation, only in the live session
  - Does not affect 14.10 and earlier

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