Shutdown hangs on "Turning off quotas"

[Patrick]

On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 21:04 +0100, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Patrick spake thusly:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Intermittently when I shutdown my laptop with up-to-date FC6 the
> > shutdown process hangs at "Turning off quotas". It just sits there in
> > thin air. Also tried waiting for a few minutes but it seems to hang
> > forever. Anyone know what's causing this and how I might fix this?
> 
> Try this:
> 
> Go to runlevel 3
> ~]# init 3
> 
> Have a look at /etc/init.d/halt
> ~]# less /etc/init.d/halt
> 
> One step at a time, execute the sequence of steps in the "halt" script.
> 
> Keep an eye on /var/log/messages
> 
> In particular, watch what happens when you manually run this:
> 
> ~]# /sbin/quotaoff -aug
> 
> Run ps and look for zombies:
> 
> ~]# ps -eLf | grep defunct
> 
> Try to manually remove modules, one at a time, and see if it makes any
> difference:
> 
> ~]# lsmod | less
> ~]# rmmod <module name>
> 
> I'd guess that something isn't letting go of its resources when it's
> told to die by killall during halt. Check carefully what you are running
> during the course of a session, and see if *not* running any particular
> thing makes a difference.

Thanks Keith. I will give it a try and see what surfaces. I think it may
be related to a mounted nfs share. Will report back if I find something
useful.

Regards,
Patrick