Public bug reported:
Procedure:
1. Open tty (CTRL+ALT+1) or open gnome-terminal
2. Become root using "sudo -i", "su" or after logging in as root
3. type "halt" and press enter
Expected Result:
System shutdown, as the command 'halt' is commonly used to shutdown linux
systems.
Result:
Complete system freeze, no tty available
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: lightdm 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic-pae 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 19 13:35:09 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386
(20120817.3)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=de_CH:de
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=de_CH.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise running-unity
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System freeze after issuing "halt" as root
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