Hi Bladud, I have again turned on nepomuk and shutdown. Started again and during the second shutdown, the command suggested by you, "ps -wweo pid,state,args | grep nepomuk" gave the following result (during shutdown fase, every 2 sec ps command was given, results from are given from the last one (about 34 sec. after the shutdown command)):
2049 S /usr/bin/akonadi_nepomuk_feeder --identifier akonadi_nepomuk_feeder 2094 S /usr/bin/nepomukserver 2099 S /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukstorage 2123 S /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukqueryservice 2124 S /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukfilewatch 2125 S /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukbackupsync 2126 S /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukfileindexer 2431 S grep nepomuk S /usr/bin/akonadi_nepomuk_feeder --identifier akonadi_nepomuk_feeder 2094 S /usr/bin/nepomukserver 2099 S /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukstorage 2123 S /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukqueryservice 2124 S /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukfilewatch 2125 S /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukbackupsync 2126 S /usr/bin/nepomukservicestub nepomukfileindexer 2431 S grep nepomuk My version of nepomuk is: kde-runtime-data 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.1 Success with finding the cause of the bug. Nelly -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1053783 Title: Ubuntu 12.04 - Stalled shutdown after having had KAlarm opened; with package info. Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In Ubuntu 12.04, the shutdown is stalling - for about 2 minutes - but only on occasions when I have opened - and then quit - KAlarm. A window pops up Stating that, 'A Program is still running'; Unknown (not responding); and, there are 3 buttons to choose: 'Lock Screen', 'Cancel' and 'Shutdown Anyway'. Initial report was Bug #1053779 but had no package information. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-session-bin 3.2.1-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic-pae 3.2.27 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Sep 21 13:22:35 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-session InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-session UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1053783/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp