List processes that take long to terminate at shutdown
From WickyWiki
Report hanging processes every 30 seconds to be able to pinpoint shutdown problems.
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/sendsigs
... while [ -n "$(upstart_killed_jobs)" ] ; do seq=$(($seq+1)) if [ $seq -ge 300 ] ; then break fi #wjv 20130210 report hanging processes every 30 seconds if [ $(( $seq % 30 )) -eq 0 ] ; then echo "Waiting for:" initctl list | grep 'stop/killed' | nl sleep 4 fi sleep 1 done ...