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

[vmware-gos-Yuhua]

I hit the similar issue as described in #44 in Canonical Ubuntu 15.10,
Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04 when check in ESXi6.0 GA, ESXi
6.5GA, ESXi 6.6.

Issue description:
Reached the end of the full installation, and got the "Installation complete - you need to restart" dialogue. Clicked to restart and the VM froze with the dialogue

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

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Triaged
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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