12-16-2014, 07:11 PM
Out of curiosity, did some looking into the "slow shutdown" issue because I've seen multiple posts about that (mainly in Mint forums). Seems like there is no "one" fix for everyone and you may have already tried most/all of below, but here are some things to look at:
1. Can't remember where I read it nor find the post, but from memory I seem to think someone said that if they used shutdown from the main Menu they had the problem. But if they added "Action Buttons" to the panel and used that instead, they didn't have the problem. No idea why that worked, but something to look into if you haven't already.
2. Someone claiming success by adding boot option "splash=verbose nomodeset".
3. Saw a number of posts from people with Broadcom wireless cards who claimed uninstalling all broadcom, then reinstalling only the necessary driver worked for them. Suggest if this applies to you to use this page to find out exact driver that applies for you first.
4. Two posts describing ways that might help diagnose what's going on during shutdown that may give clue as to what's wrong:
1. Can't remember where I read it nor find the post, but from memory I seem to think someone said that if they used shutdown from the main Menu they had the problem. But if they added "Action Buttons" to the panel and used that instead, they didn't have the problem. No idea why that worked, but something to look into if you haven't already.
2. Someone claiming success by adding boot option "splash=verbose nomodeset".
3. Saw a number of posts from people with Broadcom wireless cards who claimed uninstalling all broadcom, then reinstalling only the necessary driver worked for them. Suggest if this applies to you to use this page to find out exact driver that applies for you first.
4. Two posts describing ways that might help diagnose what's going on during shutdown that may give clue as to what's wrong:
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