I can confirm this. You can flip over to a console using ALT-CTL-F1 and then login, become root and use the "shutdown -h now" command and see the kernel oops a la fglrx.
My setup is an HP DV7 with HD3400 seen via lspci as ATI RV620 [Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series] I am uptodate with current fglrx 2:8.960-0ubuntu1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/964266 Title: Shutdown Screen Freezes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/964266/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp