cannot properly shutdown

[Gabriel Dragffy]

On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 09:51 -0700, mike williams wrote:
> In Ubuntu,when i hit the shutdown,or restart button(both logged in and
> not),the screen where it'd normally show Ubuntu or Kubuntu and then
> shut everything down is just black and hangs. Ive let it for 2.5 hrs
> straight already and all it did is hang there. Ive tried running in
> repair mode and in failsafe GDM seesions and i get the same
> thing,resulting in I have to pull the power to shut it down.

Hi, I'm not sure if this will fix it, but I had the same problem on my
computer and it did, so it's worth a try and it won't damage your
computer if it doesn't work.

When you get the grub menu hit e to edit the ubuntu entry, then edit the
kernel line. At the end of the kernel line append "reboot=h" and then
continue booting (press b I think). Try shutting down or restarting. If
it works you can edit /boot/grub/menu.list and change the kernel lines
permanently.

Gabe