Slow shutdowns on occasion

[Bill_MI]

I fought with some shutdown problems in VMs and used this post on how to get systemd shutdown logging. I don't know if it applies in 18.04.

Shutdown delayed?

This is a service problem. Some service is halting the shutdown process. And until we know which one, there is nothing to do but speculate. So, how to start solving it? We can start by trying to identify the service. After you experienced one of those prolonged boot situations, be patient. When it finally shuts down, boot normally and then type on a terminal: $ journalctl -rb -1 The above command will display the logs of the last boot in reverse order (with newer entries at the top). Paste th…

@marfig was an excellent resource for many systemd issues and is greatly missed. He left with health problems last summer but I haven't heard. Anyone?