Got an issue with 2.6.32.12 - hangs on shutdown

[humdinger70]

Just to give it a try, I downloaded the next revision of the 2.6.32 kernel (2.6.32.12) set it as the default, shut down and rebooted, verified 2.6.32.12 running. Then reran VirtualBox Guest Additions and did a shut down.

With 2.6.32.12, it hangs at the very end of the shutdown process (I hit escape on the 'shutting down the system' screen to see the messages and it failed to unmount the /home partition, which is the last thing it does). I'm stuck at a blank screen and it just stays there. (I let it stay there for about 10-15 minutes to give it a chance to finish, but nothing happens).

I'm able to force quit the PCLInuxOS VM and restart and it does run fine, but the (failure to) shutdown issue annoys me. FYI this also happens when I try the 'restart computer' option.

This has happened every time I try the shutown/restart option under this kernel version.

I went back to the default 2.6.32.11 version, removing all vestiges of the .12 kernel (via Synaptic) and updated the /boot directory to make sure the symbolic links pointed to that same version. Restart and it runs fine and shutdown/restart works correctly.

Did I miss something (maybe even something blatantly obvious?) with Guest Additions and/or modifying the /boot directory? I used the default Guest Additions .iso from VBox 3.1.6 that I installed (upgrade from 3.1.4).

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[humdinger70]

Since no one has responded, I think I will...

I did the download of the 2.6.32.12 kernel again, but I left the boot order in PCC alone (letting it boot the default kernel at /boot/vmlinuz). Before the initial boot of the new kernel, I went 'su' and modified the symbolic entries within /boot so that they (vmlinuz, initrd.img, System.map etc.) ALL pointed to their 2.6.32.12 equivalents and no longer pointing to the .11 versions.

After boot, I ran the Guest Additions again, and rebooted again, and things now seem to be working correctly.

The key to this also, is I did a shutdown and NOT a restart.

Each and every time. Shutdown works, restart does not.

I don't know if it's a VirtualBox issue (I'm running latest production version 3.1.6) or an interaction between Mac OS X 10.6.3 and VirtualBox 3.1.6 and PCLinuxOS 2010 (or some combination).

Has this happened to anyone else?