I was able to get shutdown to work correctly by booting with 'nomodeset'. It turns out I do not need acpi=force so this is all I need in /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash noapic nomodeset" and it works. (I still have the ctrl alt F1 problem though) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987220 Title: System does not power off reliably when "Shut Down" chosen from GUI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-session/+bug/987220/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
