Problem shutting down laptop...

[Tim Evans]

On 05/31/2012 10:56 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
>> I did the preupgrade yesterday on three machines without issue.
>>
>> On my laptop, though, I'm having a problem with shutting the laptop down
>> now. It's a Lenovo W510+ and, during the shutdown process, when it
>> switches to text I see an error (don't remember the exact text offhand)
>> about shutdown having a problem. Then the laptop just stops and the
>> CapsLock light starts blinking. At this point I have to power down the
>> old Irish way by holding the power button.
>>
>> Anybody else hitting this?
>
> No, but it sounds like a kernel panic.
>
> You should try hitting the escape key during shut down or boot with
> "norhgb" (maybe even add "nomodeset") to stop plymouth from hiding any
> kernel output.
>

I saw this on my first shutdown after pre-upgrading my Lenovo T61P.  The 
errors suggested a $PATH issue, with many saying "/sbin/something not 
found." Have not shut down again.

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