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

[Tim]

Mathieu, 
   According to systemd debug-shell the stuck job, is casper-stop waiting on "plymouth watch-keystroke", see attached screenshot. Atleast on VMware the plymouth shutdown splash is not being displayed, so I guess keystrokes never make it to plymouth.

** Attachment added: "screenshot stuck casper process"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1447038/+attachment/4545971/+files/Xenial-test-2016-01-08-11-59-09.png

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Title:
  Shutdown/Restart of live session guest does not work in Virtualbox,
  KVM 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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