Shutdown taking a very long time

[ouroumov]

@decrepit

I hope this helps somebody to work out what's going on.

We know what's going on now, it's issue #4 on this common problems thread:

Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS - Common Problems, Known Bugs, Workarounds

Common problems affecting Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS Those problems also affect all Ubuntu 16.04 flavors (Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Standard Ubuntu, etc…) Mate bug reports can be found at Launchpad and Github. Note: this post is now a Wiki. [#1] - gvfsd-smb Fix for this issue was released. [#2] - nm-applet (Wi-Fi) If your home router has a long, random password you might encounter a problem when trying to connect to your WiFi. This is because of Bug #767321 : There is a 20 second silent timeout …