Shutdown hangs on "Turning off quotas"

[Keith G. Robertson-Turner]

Verily I say unto thee, that Patrick spake thusly:
> Hi,
> 
> Intermittently when I shutdown my laptop with up-to-date FC6 the
> shutdown process hangs at "Turning off quotas". It just sits there in
> thin air. Also tried waiting for a few minutes but it seems to hang
> forever. Anyone know what's causing this and how I might fix this?

Try this:

Go to runlevel 3
~]# init 3

Have a look at /etc/init.d/halt
~]# less /etc/init.d/halt

One step at a time, execute the sequence of steps in the "halt" script.

Keep an eye on /var/log/messages

In particular, watch what happens when you manually run this:

~]# /sbin/quotaoff -aug

Run ps and look for zombies:

~]# ps -eLf | grep defunct

Try to manually remove modules, one at a time, and see if it makes any
difference:

~]# lsmod | less
~]# rmmod <module name>

I'd guess that something isn't letting go of its resources when it's
told to die by killall during halt. Check carefully what you are running
during the course of a session, and see if *not* running any particular
thing makes a difference.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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