Ubuntu hangs at Plymouth screen during shutdown

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Sometimes(rather many times), when I shutdown using the menu option >> Shutdown, the system hangs at a Purple screen with dots. I have waited for 10 mins, but then it becomes clear that i need to do a hard shutdown using power button.

I am using Ubuntu 64 bit AMD edition(12.04.1 LTS) on HP Proliant Microserver(N40L) with OEM hardware.

What ubuntu version are you using? – Evandro Silva Oct 03 '12 at 15:57 — Evandro Silva, Oct 03 '12 at 15:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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From what I know, there is a bug with some graphic cards you can check here, I've tryed kubahaha's way and it worked for me:

Type in terminal:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
Find the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
Change it to: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=force"
Save and close the file.
Finally, in terminal: sudo update-grub

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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Oct 03 '12 at 16:04

Evandro Silva

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ok, I will try it out and report my result here. – vikas112 Oct 03 '12 at 16:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 03 '12 at 16:33

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Also, have you tried to see what happens when you press F8 when the purple screen appears? You will be able to see where it hangs.

Edit: this can be made into a comment if someone wishes.

answered Oct 03 '12 at 16:33

prateek61

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Ubuntu hangs at Plymouth screen during shutdown

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