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Old 04-25-2008
Ubuntu Hangs when shutting down

i really dont know any other way to put it besides that Ubuntu 8.04, that i just installed on my computer hangs when it shuts down. the bar depletes the orange like it should, but it never actually shuts down.
anyone know whats going on?
# 2  
Old 04-25-2008
Use ctrl+alt+1 to see the text version of the shutdown sequence so that you can see where it hangs.
# 3  
Old 04-25-2008
odd
i went to text version and it worked
but now i get a keyboard failure
help needed
# 4  
Old 04-25-2008
u know what
scratch that last comment
the external hard drive that does get recognized by my desktop caused the keyboard error.
now i no this has nothing to do with this thread, im just too lazy to make a new one, so if anyone can help,i need to mount my ext. hard drive to my pc.
has ubuntu 7.10
ubuntu 8.04
and windows xp
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