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Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit
Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit


Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit same behaviour
Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit


 
== Modify grub configuration to show log messages ==
== Problem (unsolved) ==
 
At shutdown or restart the computer may or may not hang.
* doing a shutdown from the desktop will logout instead most of the times (9 out of 10) and show the login screen
* shutting down does not complete, sometimes a trace shows up that mentions FGLRX (ATI proprietary video driver), it does not timeout, it keeps hanging indefinitely
* seems to be happening more often when a truecrypt partition is mounted
** https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TrueCrypt#Safely_unmount_and_unmap_volumes_.28on_shutdown.29
 
Suggestions and reports:
* (20120619) http://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/installatie/pc-sluit-meestal-niet-af-!/
* (20121107) http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=101548&p=577156&hilit=mint+black+screen
* http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/39504.aspx
** ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/211631
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/577897 (expired)
** seems ACPI related, "with the latest kernel (2.6.34-999-generic #201005121008), it works"
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/613897
** "I finally managed to fix the problem by removing the acpi=off from my grub kernel options... I had a look at '/etc/init.d/halt' script, I noticed that in case of shutdown, it called the /etc/init.d/ups-monitor which was not installed..."
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/126140 (2007)
** "created an init.d script to run at shutdown. All the script does is remove the snd_hda_intel module at shutdown (rmmod snd-hda-intel) and things work smoothly. See this thread for more detail: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=500268 "
 
== Suggestions ==
 
Modify grub configuration to show log messages


<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
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</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


== Unmount TrueCrypt volumes at reboot and shutdown ==
About run levels:
* http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/212
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/umounttruecrypt.sh
</syntaxhighlight>
<blockquote>
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
#!/bin/sh
if [ -f /usr/bin/truecrypt] ; then
  log_daemon_msg "Stopping TrueCrypt" "truecrypt"
  /usr/bin/truecrypt -d
  log_end_msg 0
else
  log_failure_msg "TrueCrypt not found"
fi
exit 0
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote>
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
#make executable:
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/umounttruecrypt.sh
#execute at reboot:
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/umounttruecrypt.sh /etc/rc0.d/K99umounttruecrypt.sh
#execute at shutdown:
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/umounttruecrypt.sh /etc/rc6.d/K99umounttruecrypt.sh
</syntaxhighlight>
= Archive =


== ACPI off (failed) ==
== ACPI off (failed) ==
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</blockquote>
</blockquote>


== Pre-stop script (failed) ==
== shutdown umount script (failed) ==


Add the pre-stop script to /etc/init/dbus.conf before 'exec'
Add the pre-stop script to /etc/init/dbus.conf before 'exec'
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sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb
sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>
== Notes ==
At shutdown or restart the computer may or may not hang.
* doing a shutdown from the desktop will logout instead most of the times (9 out of 10) and show the login screen
* shutting down does not complete, sometimes a trace shows up that mentions FGLRX (ATI proprietary video driver), it does not timeout, it keeps hanging indefinitely
* seems to be happening more often when a truecrypt partition is mounted
** https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TrueCrypt#Safely_unmount_and_unmap_volumes_.28on_shutdown.29
Suggestions and reports:
* (20120619) http://forum.ubuntu-nl.org/installatie/pc-sluit-meestal-niet-af-!/
* (20121107) http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=101548&p=577156&hilit=mint+black+screen
* http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/39504.aspx
** ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/211631
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/577897 (expired)
** seems ACPI related, "with the latest kernel (2.6.34-999-generic #201005121008), it works"
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/613897
** "I finally managed to fix the problem by removing the acpi=off from my grub kernel options... I had a look at '/etc/init.d/halt' script, I noticed that in case of shutdown, it called the /etc/init.d/ups-monitor which was not installed..."
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/126140 (2007)
** "created an init.d script to run at shutdown. All the script does is remove the snd_hda_intel module at shutdown (rmmod snd-hda-intel) and things work smoothly. See this thread for more detail: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=500268 "

Revision as of 22:04, 6 December 2012

Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit

Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit

Modify grub configuration to show log messages

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Change: 

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to: 

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
sudo update-grub

Unmount TrueCrypt volumes at reboot and shutdown

About run levels: 

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/umounttruecrypt.sh
#!/bin/sh
if [ -f /usr/bin/truecrypt] ; then
  log_daemon_msg "Stopping TrueCrypt" "truecrypt"
  /usr/bin/truecrypt -d
  log_end_msg 0
else
  log_failure_msg "TrueCrypt not found"
fi
exit 0
#make executable:
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/umounttruecrypt.sh

#execute at reboot:
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/umounttruecrypt.sh /etc/rc0.d/K99umounttruecrypt.sh

#execute at shutdown:
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/umounttruecrypt.sh /etc/rc6.d/K99umounttruecrypt.sh

Archive

ACPI off (failed)

Modify grub configuration as above to turn off ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) at boot. 

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi=off"

shutdown umount script (failed)

Add the pre-stop script to /etc/init/dbus.conf before 'exec' 

sudo gedit /etc/init/dbus.conf
pre-stop script
   trap "TERM signal" TERM
   /bin/umount -a -t cifs -f -l
   trap - TERM
end script

Update ATI driver (failed)

For ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series, go to www.ati.com to download latest. 

sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/natty
sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb

Notes

At shutdown or restart the computer may or may not hang.

Suggestions and reports:

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