Other Help Topics :: Hangs on shutdown

Ok, all the boot options didn't help.
Also I didn't find anything in google regarding this problem.

I have not tried any bios changes yet.
This is what I maybe will try next somewhen.

Unfortunately I can't exit the window manager.
As soon as I press CTRL-ALT-DELETE, the system doesn't move on and the mouse freezes in the window manager.

Next thing I will try:
Pressing CRTL-ALT-DELETE und do a "sudo shutdown -h now". Maybe the system is still active, although the window manager is visible and the mouse is frozen. Sometimes (in this status), the LED is still flashing on the USB-drive.
But I assume that this will also bring no success ..

CRTL-ALT-DELETE is not a lInux thing.
Maybe you mean CRTL+ALT+<backspace> and then "sudo halt"

On this Thinkpad notebook, I don't see a difference between "CTRL-ALT-DELETE" and "CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE". Both look the same: "frozen screen".

On my other computer, I use "CTRL-ALT-DELETE" in order to escape the graphical surface and get to the command line interface.

Ok, I have some other news:

1. test:
- open "ATerminal"
- command "sudo halt"
- waiting time of appr. 1-2 minutes
- hit of RETURN key
>> computer shuts off, but in the frozen unchanged graphical window manager surface, without any new information on the screen.

2. test:
- open "ATerminal"
- command "sudo shutdown -h now"
- waiting time of appr. 1-2 minutes
- hit of RETURN key
>> computer shuts off, but in the frozen unchanged graphical window manager surface, without any new information on the screen.

3. test:
- right mouse-button in graphical surface
- in menu: .. power down > shutdown
- waiting time of appr. 1-2 minutes
- hit of RETURN key
>> computer shuts off, but in the frozen unchanged graphical window manager surface, without any new information on the screen.

4. test:
- right mouse-button in graphical surface
- in menu: .. power down > reboot
- waiting time of appr. 1-2 minutes
- hit of RETURN key
>> computer reboots, but in the frozen unchanged graphical window manager surface, without any new information on the screen.

What could be the reason, that the Thinkpad can't exit the graphical window manager surface? My Thinkpad has 2*64 = 128 MB Ram. Will it maybe help to resize the automatically generated ramdisk?

same notebook, same problem.

and I have absolutely no idea what I could do... wether live-cd or hd-install.. always freezes dsl 2.2b on shutdown/reboot from x. can't quit x. freezes.. only from textmode it's shutting down.. I remember that some very old dsl version did not freeze on that notebook..

*EDIT*
acutually... have you ever tried just waiting for more than a minute ;) .. it really works.. tested twice with the live-cd... system powers off... kinda freaky cause it really locks up after selecting to shutdown but well.. unfortunally it does what it has to.. hope I can get keeping it up!

*EDIT2*
still freezes during, well, doing not that mutch. browsing workspaces... freaking.. at least, wlan is working. great! .. hm

itceea:

Do you have the newest Firmware installed on your Thinkpad?
Unfortunately I have an older, but I can't update to a newer, due to a bad empty battery, which is not working anymore. Therefore it is not possible to update the firmware.

Yes, you can reboot and shutdown (see my previous message) but it is strange why the window manager freezes the display.

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