It looks to me like a problem with gdm. Here's why * It affects logout as well as shutdown for me. * Ctrl-Alt-Backspace gets me out of it * Going to a tty and doing "$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart" gets me out of it. * I have found entries in /var/log/messages about gdm (see below).
>From /var/log/messages (last night) Apr 25 00:00:12 whisper kernel: [25423.806711] gdm[24880]: segfault at 30d2938 rip 7f293065955a rsp 7fff3bee05f0 error 4 Apr 25 00:00:12 whisper kernel: [25423.807420] gdm[24721]: segfault at 26f2560 rip 7f293065955a rsp 7fff3bee0a10 error 4 On log in I get this Apr 25 13:23:35 whisper kernel: [ 243.484594] keytouchd[9293]: segfault at 8 rip 7f5535c28dc2 rsp 7fff3e42ccc8 error 4 There is also some stuff about wireless networking in the file, but I'm not sure how that would affect logout. $ uname -a Linux whisper 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 12:47:45 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux I've attached a file with the results of ps -ef from a tty while gdm (or X or whatever) was hung. ** Attachment added: "ps -ef from a tty while gdm (or X or whatever) was hung." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13898719/ps-ef-shutdown.txt -- gnome shutdown/logout hangs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210859 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
