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I installed Ubuntu 17.10 dual boot with Windows10 on my Dell XPS 15-9560 laptop.

I followed the instructions listed here: Ubuntu linux on Dell XPS 15 (9560)

After installation, I'm unable to shut down the system in Ubuntu. The computer displays this error message:

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And refuses to shutdown.

karel
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  • Just to confirm - based on those instructions you are using the binary nVidia driver and not the default nouveau one? –  Dec 25 '17 at 21:55
  • Hi Oliver, I am using the default nouveau one. Thanks – PPR Dec 25 '17 at 22:56
  • @OliverOberdorf: Following the instruction, I installed the binary nVidia driver. The problem persists with, see the screen grab for details: link. Thanks – PPR Dec 25 '17 at 23:26
  • hmm - do you have any network mounts in your fstab? It seems like that can cause issues too. See comment #72 in this thread

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1530405/comments/72

    –  Dec 25 '17 at 23:42
  • full bug for reference is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1530405 –  Dec 25 '17 at 23:43
  • You might doublecheck nouveau is gone, comment #75 in that thread has your exact model of Dell and had the same shutdown error until they switched to the nvidia driver –  Dec 25 '17 at 23:51

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I had the same issue with Ubuntu 17.10 on Dell XPS 15 9560. The problem seems to be with the grub options and video driver. I manage to fix the issue by following instructions on the post https://connorkuehl.github.io/dell-inspiron-7559-linux-guide/index.html. In my case I did install the version nvidia-390 instead of nvidia-367

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Since you are using the nouveau one, you might find this thread useful. The original post is a startup error, but the 2nd answer mentions your exact shutdown error and also solved it with the nVidia binary drivers.

NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 23s! [plymouthd:305]

You may need to blacklist or remove the nouveau drivers. You can do that with the appropriate portion from this post, adding it in /etc/modprobe.d/

Install Nvidia driver instead of nouveau

For example, I have:

/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-384_hybrid.conf:blacklist nouveau
/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-384_hybrid.conf:blacklist lbm-nouveau
/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-384_hybrid.conf:alias nouveau off
/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-384_hybrid.conf:alias lbm-nouveau off