Error message when shutting down

[dathem]

Hello, Several days after installing Ultimate Edition 2.2 I am getting an error message that is visable for about 2 seconds before shutdown. It is so fast that I am unable to see what it says, so I thought take a movie with my digital camera. Well, why I got the error message, I still am unable to read the message. Maybe someone else will have something that can read and/or enhance the paused image and tell me what it says, so I have added the file here. The computer always completes the shutdown and I have no problems when I start up the computer, so I assume it isn't a critical issue, but the computer makes a slightly different beep than normal, more of a scream that is annoying??????

[yitzikv]

Hi all
quick question to those who faced this problem, which partition do you use for Ultimate Edition installation ext2, ext3 or ext4?
I will tell you why: I did face the same problem on my friends PC and the problem was the ext4.
With some Intel motherboards (I'm still putting together the exact list) you can face slower than usual detection of Serial ATA HDs Ubuntu 9.04 or any distro based on that OS. This may cause the system to drop to a busybox initramfs shell on boot or shutdown with sometimes a error message.
There is a solution for some motherboards:
(use it at your own risk, this might not be the problem of yours, I will explain further...)

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sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

add

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rootdelay=90

to the kernel line of kernel you are using (if you have multiple ones)

As I said it might be another problem with xserver-xorg-video-intel (intel GPUs). In fact X session freezes and the PC can crash sometimes when you wanna reboot or restart. That bug is still under investigation under Ubuntu team since 9.04 is the first OS with ext4 file system, you can call it still beta or better alpha, what so ever.
Good luck

[dathem]

Hello, This install was done with the ext3 format. The computer starts up just fine and has (so far anyway) always shuts down. This error message doesn't always pop up, about 50-75% of the time???? I started and restarted this system several times after I first did the install, without any issue. Then I left the system do several upgrades that required a restart and then that is when I first noticed the screaming shut down beep and the yellow triangle error message.

[Cell]

I think I read that was a bug in jaunty....the broken restart thing.It has happened to me also,and I have no Intel components.

[DarkChild]

I have experienced this error & I've also calculated that it may be a glitch in the Jaunty Kernel!! No worries to me because it doesn't affect my day to day operations!!

darkchild666

[dathem]

Hello, Well it is nice to know that I am not the only person to experience this issue, even if it might be a very minor issue. While I have been able to use this one particular computer with both UBUNTU JANUTY and Ultimate Edition 2.2 without anything other than a screaming beep at shutdown, its good to know that it shouldn't "take down the OS". If this computer "blows up" I know who to call to complain, LOL!