Comment 51 for bug 468589

Will there be a update to fix this? Thank you for all your help.

> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:37:27 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 468589] Re: Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic
>
> alex, Ubuntu is set up very differently from how you may be used to with
> Windows. Here are a couple things to remember:
>
> The root is also known as the "Super User", hence the 'su' in the sudo
> command. Therefore, any time you *need* to run a program from the
> terminal as administrator (which should be rare), you use sudo to
> temporarially give you admin rights.
>
> This is not to be used lightly! Do not get into the habit of editing
> these files before understanding them. Esspecially do not get into the
> habit of running terminal commands before understanding what they mean.
>
> Lastly, become familiar with 'man' and 'info' pages. For most programs,
> you can get a manual by typing 'man <name-of-program>'. The graphical
> help is years behind the man and info pages.
>
> --
> Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468589
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> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in Wubi, Windows Ubuntu Installer: Confirmed
> Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I recently upgraded to ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala, and I discovered that I am unable to shut down or reboot. When I select shut down, Karmic starts the process and then hangs. What I get on my screen is this:
>
> *Stopping Kernel Oops catching service kerneloops
> *Shutting down ALSA...
> *Asking all remaining processes to terminate...
> *Deconfiguring network interfaces...
> *Deactivating swap...
> [ 171.180168] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 3834127
> [ 171.180116] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 3856120
> _
>
> Then a blinking curser. I have no alternative at this point than to manually press the power button to shut down. I will follow this thread so please tell me if you require more information
>
> -Yos

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